Pankla is a chat‑based assistant that integrates with WhatsApp, Signal and similar group messaging platforms to help amateur and semi‑professional sports teams schedule and manage matches. It provides a guided wizard for creating match entries, posts visual announcements and task assignments, logs scores and events in real time, and generates a shareable post‑match report with highlights and player awards, all without requiring a separate app.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Amateur and semi‑professional sports teams often rely on generic messaging apps for match coordination, resulting in fragmented conversations, duplicated messages, and difficulty tracking schedules, tasks, scores, and post‑game summaries.
Solution
Pankla delivers a chat‑based assistant that operates directly inside existing group chats on WhatsApp, Signal, and similar platforms. Users create a match entry through a guided wizard, specifying opponent, venue, time, and required roles. The assistant then generates visual announcement cards, assigns tasks to players, and posts them instantly in the chat. During the game, it captures real‑time score updates and key events, which are stored in a cloud backend. After the match, Pankla compiles highlights, photos, and player awards into a shareable report that can be posted back to the group. All interactions occur without requiring team members to install a separate app, and the setup process completes in minutes.
Target Audience
The primary users are coaches, team managers, and captains of amateur to semi‑professional sports clubs that coordinate via WhatsApp or Signal group chats.
Features
- Native bot integration for WhatsApp and Signal, enabling commands and interactive cards within existing group chats
- Guided match‑creation wizard that captures date, opponent, location, and task assignments, then publishes a formatted announcement with route details and visuals
- Real‑time score and event logging via simple chat commands, stored in a secure cloud database
- Automated post‑match report generator that assembles scores, highlights, uploaded photos, and customizable player‑of‑the‑match awards into a shareable graphic
- Template engine for branding and style customization of announcements and reports
- No‑install experience: all features are accessed through the familiar messaging interface, eliminating onboarding friction
- Cloud‑hosted backend with end‑to‑end encryption and role‑based access controls to protect team data