Starform's Lou Fasulo on staying at 26 people, AI-native development and who really funds a live game

Summary

Starform launched Metalstorm in November 2023. By the time the Seattle studio raised $6 million from Bitkraft in late 2024, the 5v5 air-combat game had three million players across the App Store, Google Play and the Epic Games Store. Lou Fasulo, CEO and co-founder, now puts that figure at 15 million. We caught up with him at SLICE 2026 in Seattle, where he…