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        "title": "PlayVision - AI Moneyball for Sports",
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        "body": "Hello everyone! We’re [Anish](https://x.com/_anishgupta_) and [Marc](https://x.com/marczog), the Co-Founders of PlayVision!\\\n\\\n**TL;DR:** PlayVision lets basketball teams automatically analyze their practices and games to get advanced stats on their players, opponents, and college or high school recruits. We use AI and computer vision to get insights based on their tracking data.\n\nhttps://youtu.be/MZynlUcUdeU\n\n\\\n**The Problem**:\n\n❌ Coaches spend over **75%** of their week watching film and manually tagging different stats.\n\n❌ College Teams spend **$250K+** on services like HUDL, Synergy, HDI, and other different products just to watch film and scout players.\n\n❌ There are up to **25x** more coaches between teams across Division 1 basketball — most programs lack the man-power to watch the same amount of film and create a comprehensive game-plan.\n\n❌ College athletes are now able to get paid via their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). Teams are scrambling trying to figure out how much players are worth.\\\n\\\n**Our Solution**:\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94935&key=user_uploads/2540850/425a0c3f-1d4d-4e7d-a46e-241f9655aa11)\n\nAn interactive platform that lets coaches upload their film and get the insights they want. We track every player, every movement, every decision made on the court. \n\nWith our database, we also feature:\n\n🏀 Our algorithms that rank every player in the country over the last **10** years.\n\n🏀 Custom indexes where teams leverage over **40** metrics to create their own stats to rank players.\n\n🏀 Automated scouting reports that give coaches **10x** the insights on their players and opponents in **10%** of the time.\\\n\\\n**Our Story:**\n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post&id=94935&key=user_uploads/2540850/4ec6f501-bfc9-4758-81e5-910ce716dcc0)\n\n\\\nI, Anish, was a massive sports fan growing up. I couldn’t play college athletics due to an eye surgery, so I joined Cal Athletics as a scout. I saw first-hand how tedious the manual film analysis was, having to stay late in the office with coaches trying to finish the games we set out to do.\n\nThe timing couldn't have been better. Marc, fresh from two years of AI and computer vision research at the Mayo Clinic, happened to be in my AI in SportsTech class at Berkeley. I pitched him my problem, and within minutes, we were deep in discussion about how AI and computer vision could crack it.\n\nLeveraging my connections in the college space, we started getting validation from coaches, expressing the same pain points I had. We’ve partnered with teams from the SEC, BIG 10, and BIG EAST conferences, and you could be next!\n\n**Our Ask**:\n\n👉 Our product is now live for the 2025-2026 basketball season. If you know anyone that works for a college, NBA, or international basketball team that would be interested, please reach out via email: [team@withplayvision.ai](mailto:team@withplayvision.ai)!\n\n👉 If you’re interested in getting data on your favorite players, sign up for our player portal on our website: https://withplayvision.ai/ \\\n\\\nReach us:\n\n* https://www.linkedin.com/in/anishjaygupta/\n* https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-zoghby/",
        "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OhD-playvision-ai-moneyball-for-sports",
        "votes": 76,
        "created_at": "2025-10-27T17:48:50.331Z"
      }
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