In this episode, Eric Bleeker speaks with Aaron Bush, the co-founder of Naavik. Naavik was founded in 2019, and helps companies across the games industry achieve success through avenues including game design, market research and AI strategy. Aaron shares how the video game industry is impacting entertainment as well as the stock market, and shares a potential buy option for investors. In 2025, the global gaming market was valued as high as $332 billion, with gamers often spending more time on various platforms than some people spend watching Netflix.
Here are some key topics on today's episode:
:45 The market strikes back
3:30 Conflict in Iran continues to impact stocks
3:50 Anthropic's Mythos continues to get hype
11:28 Interview with Aaron Bush
12:39 Origins of Naavik
16:10 State of the video game industry
20:09 Investing opportunities
24:30 Impact of Genie 3 on industry
33:50 Grand Theft Auto 6
36:15 Crimson Desert controversy
37:10 Video game companies embracing AI
38:42 Unity Technologies as a stock play
47:55 Last two stocks purchased
53:02 Recommendation
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