Hyderabad’s Liquidnitro Raises $19.1M to Scale AI-Driven Mobile Live-Service Games

Hyderabad-based Liquidnitro Games secured $19.1 million in a Series A round led by Northpoint Capital, with continued backing from Nexus Venture Partners, a funding push intended to scale the studio’s AI-enabled game production and live services platform. The capital will support product development, hiring, and geographic expansion into India, MENA and Southeast Asia, positioning the company to supply faster content cycles and deeper live-ops capabilities to mobile publishers.

Founded in December 2023 by industry veterans with prior Electronic Arts experience, Liquidnitro built an AI-first model that combines proprietary tooling with live-service know-how. The studio uses machine learning to accelerate content creation, inform live-ops decisions, and drive player engagement, and it plans to co-invest with publishing partners to rollout new live-service features at scale. That approach aims to reduce costs and shorten iteration loops for content such as seasonal events, in-game cosmetics, and curated player experiences.

For mobile developers and publishers, the practical value is immediate. Faster content pipelines can lower the resource burden on creative teams, increase cadence for seasonal drops, and improve responsiveness to player behavior data. For operators running live-ops, AI-driven tooling promises more targeted engagement tactics and quicker A/B testing of events and economy changes, which can translate to lower churn and better retention metrics over time.

The raise also matters for the local games ecosystem. Liquidnitro’s hiring plans signal new job prospects in Hyderabad and the broader regions it intends to serve. As studios increasingly adopt AI-assisted pipelines, the demand for engineers versed in model deployment, live-ops analytics, and tools integration will grow, offering career pathways for technical and design talent alike.

Liquidnitro’s move reflects a broader industry shift toward AI assistance in live-service development. Publishers have been exploring machine-assisted art generation, automated tuning for economies, and AI-suggested content calendars to keep players engaged between major updates. By pairing in-house tooling with a co-investment strategy, Liquidnitro aims to be both a supplier of services and a strategic partner for publishers looking to scale content without ballooning staff costs.

What comes next is watchable. Expect hiring announcements, pilot partnerships with publishers, and early product rollouts that test AI-driven content pipelines in live games. For mobile operators and creators, the company’s progress will offer an early look at how AI tooling changes the tempo of live-ops and where human creativity and automation intersect in the next generation of mobile live-service titles.