Clutch is a player-first sports technology platform that uses automated court cameras to record games, generate AI-cut highlights, and produce performance analytics for amateur athletes. Players scan a QR code at participating venues to automatically link footage to their profile, with a connected four-app ecosystem for venues, tournament organizers, and referees. The system also captures session reels for easy social sharing and builds a longitudinal sporting profile for each athlete.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Amateur athletes often have no reliable way to obtain video footage or performance data from their games, leaving them unable to review their play, track improvement, or share highlights. Traditional recording requires someone to manually film from the sideline, which is impractical for most recreational players and produces incomplete or poorly framed footage that lacks statistical context.
Solution
Clutch installs automated camera systems, called Clutch Cams, at partner courts that record every match in the background without requiring a camera operator. Players scan a QR code at the venue to link themselves to the session, then walk away with full game footage, AI-generated highlight reels, and detailed match analytics delivered to their phone before they leave. The platform processes video using computer vision to automatically detect scoring events, cut the player's best points, and generate performance statistics. All game data aggregates into a personal sporting profile that tracks improvement over time and supports tournament participation. A connected four-app ecosystem lets players, venues, organizers, and referees operate on the same rails, so a single recording feeds highlights, payouts, brackets, and live scores simultaneously.
Target Audience
The primary customers are amateur basketball players who want footage and analytics of their games, along with the venues, tournament organizers, and referees who host and run their competitions.
Features
- AI-generated highlight reels that automatically detect and cut a player's best points from full game footage
- Comprehensive match analytics including performance metrics and gameplay statistics derived from computer-vision analysis of recorded video
- Session reels that compile the entire game into a shareable format with a single tap
- QR-code-based court identification that instantly links players to their recordings without manual setup
- A sporting profile that aggregates all games, highlights, and analytics into a longitudinal player history
- Four interconnected apps for players, venues, tournament organizers, and referees that synchronize recordings, payouts, brackets, and live scores across the ecosystem