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Redrob Signal Passes 600,000 Signups in Three Weeks and Partners with AB de Villiers

Authors:

Felix and Redrob Research Team

Date:

May 9, 2026

The LLM-powered cricket prediction app launched during IPL 2026. It is now Redrob's fastest-growing product ever – and cricket legend AB de Villiers is joining as the face of the platform.

NEW YORK - May 1, 2026

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Redrob Inc. (redrob.io) today announced that Redrob Signal, its LLM-powered sports prediction platform, has surpassed 600,000 signups within three weeks of launch - and that South African cricket icon AB de Villiers has partnered with the company to promote the app. Signal allows users to make real-time predictions during live cricket matches, earning points and climbing leaderboards based on accuracy. The app is free to play, requires no deposits, and is classified as a skill-based platform.

De Villiers - known as "Mr. 360," holder of the fastest ODI century record (31 balls), ICC Hall of Fame inductee, and one of the most followed cricketers on earth with 30 million Instagram followers

- brings a fanbase that spans India, South Africa, and every cricket-playing nation. His years with Royal Challengers Bengaluru made him arguably the most beloved international cricketer in India, precisely the market where Signal is growing fastest.

515 Million Viewers, One Platform Gap

Signal launched during IPL 2026, which drew 515 million viewers on opening weekend and over 840 billion minutes of total watch time - up 26% year-over-year. India has 250 million registered fantasy sports users, 600 million people under 25, and a fantasy sports market worth $1.82 billion growing at 22.6% CAGR to $5.05 billion by 2030. Cricket accounts for 85% of it. 90% of engagement is mobile-only.

But the existing category leader, Dream11 ($8B+ valuation, 250M users), is built around pre-match fantasy - users select a virtual team before the toss. Signal occupies a different segment: live in-play prediction, where users call the next wicket, boundary, or match outcome ball by ball during the action. In 2026, 64% of all IPL engagement occurs in-play. The average user makes 4.6 predictions per match, up from 3.2 in 2024. This is the fastest-growing segment of Indian sports engagement. No platform at scale has owned it until now.

Why an LLM Company Partnered with Mr. 360

AB de Villiers is famous for seeing angles that nobody else sees - hitting deliveries behind his back, over his shoulder, flat on the ground, over the rope, all from the same stance. "Mr. 360" earned the name because he could score anywhere on the field. Signal's LLM does something similar with data: processing live match feeds, historical player statistics, pitch conditions, and momentum shifts to surface insights that help users make sharper predictions in any direction. The partnership is not just celebrity endorsement. It is a conceptual fit: the cricketer who saw the game differently, promoting the platform that uses AI to help fans see it differently too.

Signal runs on the same Llama-Redrob LLM ensemble (Llama 3 8B/70B/405B, Llama 4 Maverick) that powers Redrob's enterprise products. The models generate real-time AI commentary in 22 Indian languages, surface statistical insights, and personalize the experience based on each user's prediction history. The same LoRA-finetuned infrastructure that runs hiring assessments for Robostar (LG Electronics) and compliance mapping for Hanwha Vision now powers cricket prediction in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, and 19 other languages. Signal is free because the product is not the prediction game. The product is a generation of Indian users experiencing Redrob's AI through the thing they care about most.

Beyond Cricket

Signal launched with cricket during IPL 2026. The roadmap extends well beyond it. Additional prediction categories spanning sports, entertainment, and current events will go live in coming months. The thesis: start with cricket because it is the highest-frequency engagement activity in Indian mobile life, then expand into every category where real-time prediction and AI-powered analysis create value. With AB de Villiers' reach across cricket-watching nations and 600,000 signups before any paid user acquisition, the early signal is clear: users want an AI-powered prediction platform. Now Redrob is building one at scale.

About Redrob

Redrob

(redrob.io) is an AI research company building proprietary large language models and AI-powered applications for emerging markets. Headquartered in New York, with teams across the US, South Korea, and India.

Redrob LLM

Proprietary 5-Model Ensemble on AWS Bedrock, including Llama-Redrob (LoRA-finetuned for 22 Indian languages) and FLUX image generation. On-device AI, 1M-token context, deep research, real-time web retrieval. The Android of LLMs.

Redrob Signal -

LLM-powered sports prediction platform. Free-to-play, skill-based. 600K+ signups in 3 weeks. Live predictions, AI commentary, leaderboards. Promoted by AB de Villiers.