Creevo is building the kind of product that feels increasingly necessary in the age of AI: a faster way to turn ideas into working software – specifically gaming software. The Lincoln-based startup is using AI to automate large portions of the development process while keeping humans in control. This has allowed they founders and their friends to build games that can be used almost immediately.
At a time when generative AI is dramatically increasing how quickly code can be written, the real bottleneck is shifting. Teams aren’t struggling to generate ideas or even code. Instead, they’re struggling to turn those ideas into something cohesive, usable, and ready to test. Creevo does this for games.
Creevo sits squarely in that gap. Its platform is designed to accelerate early-stage development, helping teams move from concept to prototype in a fraction of the time, whether in gaming or other interactive software environments.
That alone makes Creevo a compelling bet. But for Nebraska investors like MOVE Venture Capital, the story goes deeper than the product.
Creevo is led by co-founders Mia Siner and Amir Tarkian, both connected to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. The Raikes School has quietly become one of the most important talent pipelines in the Midwest, blending computer science, business, and leadership into a single, highly selective program. Students don’t just learn how to code. Increasingly, they learn how to build, ship, and communicate products in real-world settings through hands-on project work.
That model has already produced one of Nebraska’s most successful technology companies: Hudl. Founded by Raikes students, Hudl grew from a campus idea into a global sports technology platform. Today, its influence continues to ripple through Lincoln’s startup ecosystem.
Creevo fits naturally into that lineage. Tarkian currently lists Hudl as his employer, creating a direct connection between Nebraska’s most established software company and one of its newest startups. That kind of overlap—students, operators, and founders moving between Raikes and Hudl—has become a defining feature of the local ecosystem.
It also helps explain MOVE Venture Capital’s investment. The firm has focused on backing early-stage Nebraska startups with strong technical founders and clear, practical use cases. Creevo checks both boxes: a product aimed at a real and growing problem, and a founding team shaped by a program that emphasizes execution as much as innovation.
What’s emerging in Nebraska isn’t accidental. The Raikes School is producing founders who understand both technology and business, while companies like Hudl provide a proving ground for talent. Creevo is an example of what happens when those pieces come together: a startup building something genuinely useful, grounded in a system that has already shown it can work.
In that sense, Creevo isn’t just another early-stage company. It’s part of a repeatable model, one that continues to turn Nebraska into an unlikely, but increasingly consistent, source of high-quality software startups in areas as diverse as AI and game development.
