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Cloud Do You Do, Invokation Games?
Invokation builds matchmaking systems for multiplayer games. Skill ratings, matchmaking, and the tooling to run both.
Founded in 2023 by Charles Olson (creator of COD's skill-rating algorithm) and Adrian Suarez (former CFO of Starship Technologies), Invokation Games builds skill-based matchmaking systems for multiplayer games. The company has matched millions of players and performed billions of skill-rating updates on its proprietary MMR algorithm, IVK Skill, with 99.99% uptime since inception.
