Brynn Putnam

Introducing Board – the first ever face-to-face gaming console that combines the best of board games and video games into one beautiful new platform. Available today!! board.fun

@kevintwohy @boardisfun A thing of beauty! 👏

The Heist just dropped with a thud on my doorstep! First game to ship in these brand new piece boxes I designed - they make unboxing a game feel special, hold your pieces, and look great on a bookshelf.

In a brand new episode of TWiST, @Jason sits down with @BrynnPutnam to discuss her startup, @boardisfun, her learnings from building Mirror to a $500M exit, and how her new family gaming startup is taking on the screen time epidemic. Then, @Alex interviews @AJ_Piplica of @hermeuscorp to discuss hypersonic, autonomous jet aircraft, what they bring to military and civilian contexts, and what’s next on the startup’s incredibly rapid testing schedule! 0:00 Board's Brynn Putnam joins the show 2:54 Board's proprietary AI software stack 6:43 Why Board manufactures in Mexico (not China) 9:21 LinkedIn: Thanks to our partners at LinkedIn! Post your job for free at linkedIn.com/twist then promote it to get access to LinkedIn Jobs' new AI assistant. 9:42 How to raise a Seed round for hardware without a finished product 15:26 Brynn's daughter and the mermaid example 17:09 Can Board limit screen time fears? 18:47 Northwest Registered Agent: Get more when you start your business with Northwest. In 10 clicks and 10 minutes, you can form your company and walk away with a real business identity — Learn more at northwestregisteredagent.com/twist 22:54 Selling the first 10,000 units 28:38 Deel - Founders scale faster on Deel. Set up payroll for any country in minutes, hire anyone anywhere, get visas handled fast, and get back to building. Visit deel.com/twist to learn more. 29:42 Why Board is steering away from simple ports toward native IP experiences 39:59 Hermeus's AJ Piplica joins the show 41:15 What is Dark Horse? 47:47 Commercial applications: Cargo, organs, flowers, and trans-Atlantic in 90 minutes 58:42 Dark Horse range and the "reusable first stage" analogy 1:02:42 $350M Series C led by Khosla; total funding now exceeds $500M 1:03:39 The SpaceX model: get customers to fund your R&D 1:07:47 Closing: the American Dynamism pitch 🎥 Watch the full episode here 👇

@maiab You should build for Board ;) board.fun/pages/create. I vibe code games for my kids in under an hour.

do you guys remember the Microsoft surface table? I spent all this time building apps for it

@AlexWex Welcome (and congratulations!)

@BrynnPutnam Super excited for this! Had my founders edition for a couple of months but only now getting into it all of the games during my paternity leave and loving it!

Preorder The Heist today! Releases June 30th. 💎 board.fun/the-heist

@scifibobby Thanks! Super fun being able to play with lasers ⚡️

@BrynnPutnam this looks really cool!

@TheDadLife @boardisfun Double trouble!

Literally falling over having a blast! 🔥 Cousins laughing and strategizing while playing @boardisfun ❤️ Awesome games that mix physical pieces with a digital screen. They get so amped up! Just don’t drop the salt in ChopChop. Can’t waste time with wipe outs. 😂 #ad

@venturetwins Build it on @boardisfun!

I asked Fable 5 to recreate Monopoly but make each of the properties an AI lab or startup. It implemented everything - game rules, money system, turns, even share codes for multiplayer games. Once you have a monopoly, you can build racks and eventually a data center 🤓

Excited to chat Board with @Jason! (Let’s go, Knicks!)

THIS!

@PSkinnerTech @gauntletai @Superbuilders @boardisfun Could not heart this enough. My husband and I have been building games on Board for our kiddos. Zero coding experience, hours of fun: mushpot.net/board

I love it when people are encouraged to try hard things, and they succeed. At @gauntletai, one of the challenges we designed as a partner project from @Superbuilders was to develop and sideload a gamified learning app onto a @boardisfun. The results were pretty awesome.

@christianbusch @boardisfun Shopify outage 😱 Seems mostly resolved. Thanks for flagging!

@boardisfun @BrynnPutnam the website is down: board.fun/?srsltid=AfmBO…

@christianbusch Chop chop! 🍳

@BrynnPutnam That looks awesome! I just got my Board this week - flipping burgers on it like there’s no tomorrow!

Today @boardisfun is thrilled to announce our $20M Series A, led by @usv. USV’s newest partner, @mignano, will be joining our board, and we could not be more excited. Joining USV in this round is an amazing group of new investors: @haystackvc, @biz, @elanlee, @eshp, @JesseDorogusker, @kayvz, @scottbelsky, and @tferriss. In addition to our incredible existing investors; @adjacent, @patronfund, @LererHippeau, @BoxGroup, @svangel, @firstround, @kevintwohy, @nabeel, @jduyan, IRL Ventures, @MetrodoraVC, @coalitionvc, and @twelve_below.

Board released the first digital board game console late last year to great success. Today, it's giving families the ability to vibecode their own games, with help from Board's prepackaged templates and assets. Founder @brynnputnam breaks it all down:

@jasonoliver Thank you for joining us on this wild ride! 🙏

@tmiyatake1 🙏

Mirror創業者のBrynn Putnamが立ち上げたタッチスクリーンボードゲームプラットフォームBoardが$20M調達を発表した。 今現在85%の顧客が毎月30回以上のセッション利用していて、今後は誰でもBoard用のアプリやゲームを作れるAI機能をローンチする予定。 早く試してみたい。 techcrunch.com/2026/06/02/boa…

Thanks @tbpn for having me! 10 minutes after our chat, @jordihays Uptime: Cloud Tycoon game is born.

@byronling1 The OGs

Go @BrynnPutnam ! Been fun to ride with you since Mirror.

@johncoogan You guys look great in miniature!

Board is my favorite new consumer product in years. Truly delightful company, excited to have Brynn on the show today!