Zendesk CEO and son build app for college sports recruiting
Zendesk chief executive Tom Eggemeier and his son Will have built an app called Underdog AI that helps college athletics programs locate players in the NCAA transfer portal. Two college basketball general managers told Fortune the app matched about 70 percent of what is already for sale in the market. Will, a senior at Boston College studying history with a business minor, cannot sell the app to rival schools while he remains on the university's roster. Tom Eggemeier helped design the interface. Fortune reports the rapid development left technical debt in areas including security and API protocols.
Key facts
- Will Eggemeier is a senior at Boston College, majoring in history with a minor in business.
- Will Eggemeier cannot sell Underdog AI to rival schools while he remains on Boston College's roster.
- Two college basketball general managers were cited in Fortune's report on the app's matching rate.
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Why it matters
A tool aimed at transfer portal recruiting touches on how college programs find players and on the security of the software behind it.
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First published from Fortune