Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a new partnership with Evil Geniuses (EG), one of the original and most iconic professional esports organizations, to deliver cutting-edge technology to advance EG's journey as a leading gaming entertainment brand. This multi-year agreement will allow Evil Geniuses to augment its data analytics capabilities with HPE's industry-leading artificial intelligence (AI) services and solutions to accelerate and develop its player talent pipeline and identify winning gameplay strategies. Over time this multi-year project will also integrate HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud capabilities and advisory services to power additional advanced AI innovations focused on player performance and enhancement of Evil Geniuses' speed, agility, and competitive stance.

Evil Geniuses has more than $24 million in all-time earnings and its League of Legends team was recently crowned the LCS 2022 Spring Final Champion. This new partnership with HPE will help EG continue its ongoing commitment to esports success through data-driven insights, leveraging HPE's edge-to-cloud capabilities. Working together, the shared data technology will enable Evil Geniuses to make significant impacts to: Talent discovery: Use HPE's advanced data solutions that unlock the value of data wherever it lives, collecting and analyzing worldwide gameplay data in order to identify emergent players Talent development: Improve training modules to better develop EG's athletes and teams Game strategy: Use AI and machine learning to design winning strategies.