Oomba Oomba Oomba, Inc., or Oomba, was a software startup company that was creating a cloud-based social network which allows users to operate and play in tournaments of any kind. Based in Irvine, California, the company was founded by Michael Williams (CEO, founder of Planetwide Games and Tremor Entertainment), and Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese). The company was founded in 2012 when CEO Michael Williams changed course from a previous project surrounding digital currency for games to software for tournament organization. With support from Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, the cofounders rounded up investment support from various sources,
Nolan Bushnell Craig Sherman and Brian Hecker, with Leonardo DiCaprio envisioned to star as Bushnell. While news of the film was quiet over the next ten years, in March 2018, film financing company Vision Tree was working to start an initial coin offering for cryptocurrency to raise up to for the film, which was set to be produced by DiCaprio's studio Appian Way Productions, Vision Tree, and Avery Productions. In January 2018, the Advisory Committee of the Game Developers Choice Awards announced that Bushnell would receive the Pioneer Award at the March ceremony at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), crediting his role