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Life & fun · January 22, 2025

The Startup Game

Can You Become the World's First Trillionaire?

The Startup Game launched on January 22, 2025 with 10 votes, #1,608 of 6,141 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

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What it does

Game outline: You're a startup and the aim of the game is to make the most money by optimising how much you spend on ads, employees, and other upgrades. There are also random events e.g. 'Elon Musk posted a tweet about your startup!" Works best on desktop.

Created with v0

In this game, you'll build your startup from scratch and try to become afrom thestartupgame.vercel.app

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