About Us
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How We Started
Founder Brett and his wife Jenn used to dread the process of finding what
to watch next after they finished a show. Determined to end the painful
cycle of endless searching and settling, the idea for Pixi+ was born.
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The Opportunity
They quickly found out that they weren’t alone. Their friends, neighbors and
family were all suffering from the same problem, and eager for a solution.
Recent surveys revealed that the pain is also real for 100+ million
Americans, and billions of streamers worldwide!
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The Journey Begins
Over the next few months, Brett designed Pixi+, the only app you’ll ever
need to find what to watch next. Production started in Spring 2023, after
Pixi+ won the Draftbit.com international app idea competition.
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One Become Two
Pixi+ needed a co-founder with specialized expertise to grow and scale the
app, so the search began on Y Combinator’s Co-Founder Matching
Platform. When Brett met Marvin, everything clicked. After working together
for a few months, Marvin became Co-Founder and CTO in June 2023.
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Brett Bergen, CEO
Brett is a proud Penn State alum, with over a decade of experience working
the financial and acquisition side of advanced hardware and software
solutions for the U.S. Navy. In 2018, he earned a M.S. in Applied Analytics from
Columbia University to expand into data science and business applications, and
learned to become a skilled UI/UX designer.
In his early 20s, Brett tried to launch a new social media site, but was
crushed before launch by a Big Tech competitor. From 2015-2021, Brett
successfully built and ran The Wiseman Institute, teaching over 5,000
students across 127 countries how to ace their classes.
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Marvin Miao Wang, CTO
Marvin is an experienced full-stack developer, and has a M.S. in Computer
Science from Johns Hopkins. He specializes in cloud and backend
development, data engineering, data security, AIML and data analytics.
Marvin has been a founding engineer at multiple startups, including Head of
Data Engineering at Octane, and most recently as a Machine Learning Data
Engineer at Meta. When he isn’t working on the next big thing, you can find
Marvin playing jazz and classical music at venues across New York City.
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Front-End Partner
Draftbit is a Y Combinator-backed company that offers the most powerful
and flexible way to visually create, customize, and launch native mobile apps.
Since Pixi+ was selected to win its 2023 international app idea competition,
Draftbit Frontend Experts have helped to quickly bring Pixi+ to life.