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Hizi, a self-service operating system for game studios, with Robert Lenzhofer
Robert Lenzhofer explains Hizi, a cloud platform that lets iGaming studios build, deploy and manage casino games without running their own remote game server.
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Buying a remote game server (RGS) is usually enterprise sales: calls, contract negotiation and, at best, a few weeks before deployment. Robert Lenzhofer explains Hizi, a self-service platform he calls an operating system for studios, to The Gambling Files hosts Jon Bruford and Fintan Costello.
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Lenzhofer says Hizi is more than an RGS: it also covers billing, client management and promotions, so he calls it "an operating system for studios" (14:19, 14:28).
Sign-up is now self-service and each studio gets its own dedicated RGS; he compares it to the move from bare metal to cloud, with the basic entry account at €1,500 per month (17:05, 17:36, 18:53).
A no-code, AI-assisted engine builder lets studios create any typical RNG game type in the back office, so no back-end coding is needed (19:45, 20:00).
He says there were 12 studio partners before the launch, around 40 are now in the process, and the team could onboard about 10 studios a week (21:48, 39:47).
He describes Stake's engine as basically an uploader of simulation results, while Hizi adds an engine builder on top (28:27, 28:44).
There is no exclusivity, the model is not revenue share, and studios can buy the core RGS source code; a host notes distribution is a big bottleneck for small studios (43:03, 40:48, 42:36).
Episode from The Gambling Files (RTFM) by Jon Bruford and Fintan Costello, published on YouTube.
