Adam Arrigo

CEO and Founder at qoral. | AI-native intelligence for game development

San Francisco Bay Area

About

I'm passionate about building radically new products leveraging frontier tech, and I love working with great people! I've been lucky enough to work on projects like Wave, Endel, Ditty, and some amazing games like Rock Band 1-3, The Beatles: Rock Band, Dance Central 1-2, Disney's Fantasia: Music Evolved, and more.

Experience

  • CEO and Founder at qoral.
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Building an AI-native intelligence and agent platform for modern game dev. Qoral connects to systems like Jira, PRs, Slack, and build logs to turn operational data into signals teams can act on- and deploy agent pipelines that help studios ship faster. Backed by top VC’s including Griffin Gaming Partners, Tencent, Smilegate, RRE Ventures, and more Incubated at Wave.

  • CEO and Co-Founder at Wave
    Apr 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

    CEO and Co-Founder of top entertainment technology company helping artists connect with their fans in 3D -Commercial deals with Meta, ByteDance, Riot Games, Tencent, Warner Music Group, and more -Hosted The Weeknd virtual concert for 3,000,000 live virtual attendees and raised $350,000 for the Equal Justice Initiative -Released beta on Steam Early Access, which became a top rated app with a 98% rating -Collaborated with Steven Spielberg and Warner Bros on Ready Player One -Won Webby and Clio Awards

  • Board of Directors at Endel
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Advisor and board member to top venture-backed wellness startup -Personalized soundscapes to help you focus, relax, and sleep, backed by neuroscience -Apple Watch App of the Year -Collaborations with Grimes, James Blake, Miguel, Alan Watts, and more

  • Lead Producer at Vox Photo Project
    Jun 2014 - Apr 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Producer for this charity organization which teaches photography to kids in at-risk communities in Ghana, Bangladesh, India, Guatemala, Colombia, Indonesia, and Los Angeles: -Produced an immersive multimedia installation in Downtown LA, raising over $33,000 for NGO's in supported locations. -Managed a team of 20 engineers, builders, artists, designers, and other volunteers to produce multimedia exhibit from initial concept to opening.

  • Head of Product at Zya (acq by Google)
    Apr 2014 - Mar 2016 · 2 yrs

    Led product at this 20+ person VC-backed tech startup -Launched two music apps on iOS and Android totaling over 15M downloads, winning several awards and topping the music charts on App Store and Google Play. -Worked with Facebook Messenger team to integrate Ditty into Messenger platform.