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Jules Urbach is a pioneer in computer graphics, streaming, and 3D rendering with more than 25 years of industry experience, currently serving as the Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of OTOY Inc., a cloud graphics company he established in 2008 alongside Co-Founder and CTO Malcolm Taylor. Headquartered in Downtown Los Angeles, OTOY has grown to over 60 employees across four offices and has developed Academy Award-winning technology used by leading visual effects studios, artists, animators, designers, architects, and engineers worldwide. Urbach sets the strategic direction and vision for the company and serves as the chief architect of OTOY's technology roadmap. The company's notable investors include Autodesk and Yuri Milner, and its advisory board features prominent figures such as Eric Schmidt of Google, Brendan Eich of Mozilla, Sam Palmisano of IBM, and Ariel Emanuel of Endeavor. In 2016, Urbach also founded Render Network, a child company of OTOY built on the Ethereum blockchain that utilizes decentralized GPU computing power to process complex 3D rendering tasks, publishing the Render Token whitepaper on August 28, 2017. Additionally, Urbach is the founder and CEO of Lightstage, further extending his footprint in digital effects and 3D capture technology.
Born and raised in the French countryside west of Paris near Versailles, Urbach moved to Los Angeles at age nine, where he attended Harvard-Westlake high school. He was accepted to Harvard University but deferred his acceptance indefinitely to pursue video game development. At age eighteen, he created Hell Cab for Time Warner Interactive, one of the first CD-ROM games ever made. Six years later, he founded Groove Alliance, which produced Real Pool, the first 3D game available on Shockwave.com. Prior to founding OTOY, Urbach created the web's first 3D video game platform and licensed the software to major companies including Macromedia, Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Microsoft, Hasbro, and AT&T. Technology writer and philosopher George Gilder has called Urbach "ingenious" and "the most inventive software engineer he has ever met," and Gilder holds a 20-year investment in OTOY. Urbach has been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, CNN Money, and All Things Digital, and has spoken at prominent industry events such as COSM 2021, where he addressed the topic "NFTs: The Reinvention of Property." OTOY has also been involved in The Roddenberry Archive, a project cataloguing key texts and documents from Gene Roddenberry's life and career and canonically memorializing 3D models of the Starship Enterprise in collaboration with Roddenberry Entertainment.
In the SPAC arena, Urbach serves as an Independent Director of Idea Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: IACO), a blank check company that priced its $350 million IPO in February 2026 under the symbol IACOU. The SPAC intends to identify and acquire a target company operating in a software vertical that leverages large language models or other AI tools. Urbach owns membership interests in the SPAC's sponsor, Idea Tender LLC, representing approximately 17% of the economic rights attributable to the sponsor's assets. The board of directors includes Eugene "Rod" Roddenberry Jr., Urbach, and Vinny Lingham as independent directors, with Trevor Harries-Jones serving as Chief Executive Officer and Director, Ryan Shea as Chief Operating Officer and Director, and Nathan Clark as Chief Financial Officer. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. acted as sole book-running manager for the offering, with Odeon Capital Group LLC as co-manager. Urbach's mailing address is listed as 1010 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1604, Los Angeles, CA 90017, which serves as the SPAC's office location. His involvement in Idea Acquisition Corp. brings together his deep expertise in decentralized GPU computing, applied AI, and blockchain technology, positioning him as a key strategic voice in the SPAC's pursuit of AI-driven software targets.
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