Chatforce aims to make game creation accessible to anyone with a compelling idea. (Photo: Matt Volpe)
TORONTO, Oct. 7, 2026 | Chatforce, a Toronto startup founded by University of Toronto engineering alumni, says it has raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding for a platform where AI agents build video games from a user's description. U of T Engineering profiled co-founder and COO Maeesha Biswas on Oct. 6, tracing the company to her engineering capstone project. The company says its games have reached hundreds of thousands of players.
What Chatforce Does
Chatforce lets people create, publish and monetize games without coding. The U of T Entrepreneurship page says users "describe and sketch out the game they want, observe their team of AI agents (designer, engineer, artists) build the game, and publish it with one click." According to U of T Engineering News, the agents take on roles such as director, coder, artist and musician.
From Capstone Project to Startup
Biswas graduated in 2023 with a degree in industrial engineering and was a BMO National Scholar, the university's largest undergraduate admissions scholarship for domestic students. She co-founded Chatforce with two fellow U of T alumni she met through her engineering capstone project, according to the profile. The university says Chatforce became a founding industry partner of its Engineering Partnerships Office.
Biswas said: "I could not have met my co-founders and made the choice to start a company anywhere else."
Funding and Traction
The profile says Chatforce raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding from investors who backed Pinterest, Notion, Vine and Duolingo, without naming them. A startup database, VC Backed, lists a $1.5 million pre-seed round in November 2025 with five named investors. The figures differ, and the company has not said whether the $2.1 million includes later money.
Chatforce points to two games as proof of demand:
Grand Theft Toronto: A viral game in which players deliver coffee as DoorDash drivers to local celebrities and historical figures.
Reality Check: An educational game that asks players to tell AI-generated photos from real ones. The profile says it has reached hundreds of thousands of players globally and is used by teachers, professors, parents and internet safety professionals.
These traction claims come from the university's profile of the company and have not been independently verified.
The Market Claim
Biswas said: "We're going after a $250-billion opportunity by bringing game creation to everybody." She added: "The way we see it, game creation is having its YouTube moment right now." The $250 billion figure is her estimate, and the profile does not cite a source for it.
What This Means for Founders and Creators
Chatforce is one of a growing set of startups building tools where AI agents do the work of a small production team. For a founder, the story shows how a student project can become a company through a university's partnership and entrepreneurship programs. For buyers and creators, the open questions are what the platform costs, how revenue is shared when a game is monetized, and who owns what the agents generate. The profile does not answer those.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Chatforce?
Chatforce is a Toronto startup with a platform where users describe a game and AI agents acting as designer, engineer and artists build it, then publish it with one click, according to U of T Entrepreneurship and U of T Engineering News.
How much has Chatforce raised?
U of T Engineering says Chatforce raised $2.1 million in pre-seed funding. A startup database lists a $1.5 million pre-seed round in November 2025, so reported figures differ.
Who founded Chatforce?
Maeesha Biswas, a 2023 U of T industrial engineering graduate, is co-founder and COO. She co-founded it with two fellow U of T alumni she met through her capstone project.