Next Talent Inc. Est. 2024 Delaware C-Corp

Purpose-built infrastructure for competitive esports

Next Talent Inc. designs the operational systems competitive esports runs on — from amateur play to enterprise platforms for governing bodies and institutions.

Discipline Competition Operations
Founded 2024
Engineering Partner @Crypto LLC
Distribution Web · Telegram
What we build 01 / 04

The scaffolding behind competitive play

Competitive esports is held together by software almost nobody sees. Brackets, payouts, eligibility, dispute resolution, ranked progression, league structure — the work of running competition at scale is operational, not promotional, and the tools the industry inherited were not built for it.

We build the operations software esports runs on.

Every system at Next Talent is designed end-to-end around how a tournament, league, or governing body actually operates — match check-ins, screenshot adjudication, prize disbursement, rule enforcement — rather than retrofitted from generic event platforms.

We work in two directions. Consumer surfaces for amateur players, and enterprise platforms for the organizations that run the sport. Both share the same operational spine.

Work 02 / 04

Two product directions.
One operational spine

01 Consumer · Amateur Play

A competition platform for amateur players — tournaments, leagues, matchfinder, and a transparent ladder system.

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02 Enterprise
Platforms Governing Bodies · Institutions

Custom competition operations infrastructure for organizations that run leagues, conferences, or sanctioned events. Built around how the institution actually operates.

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Strategic partner
@Crypto LLC Engineering · Telegram Gifts ecosystem

Next Talent partners with @Crypto LLC for full-stack engineering and Telegram-ecosystem distribution.

@Crypto LLC is the sole partner behind the largest celebrity digital collectible campaigns on the Telegram Gifts platform — including programs for Snoop Dogg and UFC. They lead full-stack engineering and Telegram-native distribution; Next Talent leads product direction and operational design.

Telegram Gifts Sole Partner Celebrity collectible drops platform
Track Record Snoop Dogg · UFC Largest collectible campaigns to date
Approach 03 / 04

How we build, and why it's different

01 Operations first. We start from how the work actually runs — the disputes, the edge cases, the payout exceptions — and design the system around them. Not the other way around.
02 Purpose-built, not platform-fit. Generic event software treats esports like any other vertical. We build for esports specifically — with the rules, formats, and operational realities of competitive play as the foundation.
03 Small and deliberate. A focused team. Decisions land directly. Scope stays honest.
04 Direct ownership. No layers between the people building the platform and the people relying on it.
05 Long-form thinking. Competition systems compound. We design for the version of the league three years from now.
06 Quiet, then shipped. We'd rather show the work than announce it. The platforms speak first; the marketing follows.
Company 04 / 04

Founder-led by design

Founder & CEO Justin Manley
Founded 2024
Structure Delaware C-Corporation
Discipline Competition Operations Infrastructure
Engineering Partner @Crypto LLC

Next Talent Inc. is founder-led, with a small team and a deliberate engineering partnership.

The company was built around one operator's conviction about where competitive esports is going, and structured around a short distance between deciding something and shipping it.

We stay small on purpose, and pair that with deep engineering capacity through our partnership with @Crypto LLC.

Justin Manley Founder & CEO
Contact

Working on something serious?

For governing bodies, conferences, and institutions evaluating partners for competition operations — direct line below. Press and general inquiries welcome at the same address.

Enterprise & Partnerships Partnerships@nexttalentinc.com → General & Press Info@nexttalentinc.com →