
ASU sophomore wins $100K prize in inaugural Inferno Cup
A gaming platform venture developed by Sandul Gangodagamage, a sophomore computer science student in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence of Fulton Schools, part of the Fulton Schools, and business law major in ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business, won first prize at the inaugural ASU Inferno Invitational Startup Cup competition sponsored by the Fulton Schools and ASU’s J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute. Gangodagamage’s winning Legions Platform, a multiplayer gaming platform, can be accessed with slow internet speeds. The competition brought together entrepreneurial teams from ASU, Northern Arizona University, the University of Arizona, Grand Canyon University and Estrella Mountain Community College. Each team gave a five-minute pitch to judges. Gangodagamage’s venture already has 12 million users around the world. He plans to use the prize money to expand marketing for his business.