Deal links Golden Whale optimisation models with House Advantage Fund’s non-dilutive UA financing for regulated iGaming and social gaming operators.

Golden Whale has partnered with House Advantage Fund (“HAF”), co-managed by Discerning Capital & PVX, to combine AI-driven optimisation with non-dilutive user acquisition financing for regulated iGaming and social gaming companies.

The companies say the partnership ties Golden Whale’s predictive models to increased marketing investment through HAF, with the aim of directing spend using insight into player value and churn risk across the player lifecycle.

Eberhard Dürrschmid, CEO at Golden Whale, said: “This partnership introduces a new model for growth in iGaming. Operators have traditionally had to think about funding and optimisation as separate challenges, but bringing the two together changes the equation. By combining non-dilutive capital with continuously learning decision models, we are giving operators a way to grow with greater speed, more precision, transparency and far stronger control over the outcomes that matter.”

Davis Catlin, Managing Partner at Discerning Capital, added: Our strategy is clear: we bring the financing to companies and we partner with other groups who can bring their expertise to our borrower partners. We have gotten to know Eberhard and the team at Golden Whale very well over the past few years and believe they will bring tremendous value to our partner companies. It is a clear win-win: by helping companies optimize player behaviour more efficiently, Golden Whale enables our partners to generate higher returns on marketing and grow their businesses even faster. By creating partnerships, we can seamlessly offer our borrowers “Scale in a Box” with capital and the best-in-class tech partners around them.”

Integration links Golden Whale’s decision models with Text.com’s chat, email and SMS channels to automate agent-driven interactions.

Golden Whale has partnered with Text.com to integrate decision intelligence with real-time, multi-channel player communication for iGaming operators.

The companies said the collaboration combines Golden Whale’s continuously learning decision models with Text.com’s unified communications infrastructure, aiming to help operators move from campaign-based messaging to dynamic, agent-driven interactions.

Golden Whale said its Full Model Control framework analyses live player behavioural data in real time to inform decisions across engagement and incentives. Through the integration, those decisions can be translated into AI-powered conversations delivered across live chat, messaging apps, email and SMS.

Eberhard Dürrschmid, CEO at Golden Whale, said: “There has traditionally been a gap between knowing what action to take and delivering it to the player in the right way and at the right moment. By working with Text.com, we are closing that gap. Our ML models determine the most relevant next action, and through Text.com’s agentic communication capabilities, that action can be executed instantly and intelligently across the appropriate channel. This allows operators to move toward more responsive, data-driven engagement without increasing operational complexity.”

Emilia Wodyk‑Zalewska, Account Managers Leader at Text, added: “This is just the start of our journey with Golden Whale, and we are thrilled about the future. By merging behavioural data with our platform, we will turn simple messages into smart, automated conversations. Soon, operators will deliver the right interaction at the perfect time – effortlessly and at any scale.”