BREAKING: Yuga Labs announces that they have appointed Mike Seavers as their new Chief Technology Officer. The appointment is set to take effect on May 22nd, 2023. The Apes took to Twitter to copy pasta the news all through the platform.
Will Yuga Labs Be Even More ‘Epic’ With Mike Seavers?
Mike Seavers takes over the position of CTO from Yuga Labs co-founder, Kerem Atalay. Kerem will now serve as a strategic advisor to the brand. Seavers is an experienced technology and product leader, having spent more than two decades in the gaming industry working on projects like Unreal Engine and Fortnite.
Before joining Yuga Labs, Seavers was the Executive Vice President of Development at Epic Games. This is where he led the development teams responsible for creating the Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and the Epic Games Store. Prior to that, Seavers served as the CTO at Riot Games. At Riot, he supported the development of popular games like League of Legends, Valorant, and Legends of Runeterra.
Yuga Labs and Bored Ape Yacht Club are thrilled to have Seavers on board as their new CTO. The announcement of his appointment has already caused excitement among members of the BAYC and Yugaverse communities. Moreover, a clever copy pasta follows the announcement. In true Ape fasion, the line “The Otherside is being built by the people who built Fortnite.” was thrown around Twitter minutes after the announcement.
Yuga Labs CEO Daniel Alegre expresses his excitement in a press release “Mike has a proven track record of taking organizations to the next level, and he shares our vision for how important digital identity and community will be for the future of the internet. We have an opportunity to be the Web3 platform at the forefront of entertainment, and Mike’s expertise will help us scale to achieve that.” he says.
Seavers will join the Yuga Labs team on May 22nd. It is from here that he drives the development of the company’s innovative NFT projects. We can’t wait for what’s in store!
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Vineet
Vineet is a storyteller based in Mumbai. Having previously worked for various web2 organizations as a journalist, instructional designer, and event manager, he got into blockchain in early 2021. As a musician by passion, he fell in love with the digital megastructures building the future of art and creativity. He believes that web3 unlocks creativity at a higher level, and works towards onboarding music projects to the space.
