
Jay Rooney
Adjunct Faculty
Co-Founder and COO, Digi-AI, Inc.
Email: jrooney@ggu.edu
Jay Rooney is Co-Founder and COO of Digi-AI, Inc., a B2C startup that develops AI chatbots. Digi’s chatbots, optimized for companionship, took the world by storm in late 2023, peaking at #65 in the iOS App Store, and were even retweeted by Elon Musk.
In addition to running Digi, Jay is the Publisher and Host of Game & Word, an award-winning newsletter and podcast that explores the intersection of video games with the arts, sciences, and humanities, with the aim of highlighting the positive aspects of gaming and gaming culture. He has also moonlighted as a narrative designer for indie games.
Jay is also a GGU alum and has taught marketing and communications at the Ageno School of Business since 2016. He has also served on the board of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table.
He lives in Vacaville with his wife and two children.