Blacknut, a privately owned French company founded in 2016, offers a cloud gaming service. As of 2023, the company employs approximately 40 people. Its primary product is a subscription-based platform providing access to a catalog of over 500 video games. Users can stream games directly to various devices (computers, smartphones, smart TVs) without downloading. The service allows for up to five individual profiles per subscription, each with customizable parental controls, and supports local multiplayer gaming with up to four controllers.

Revenue

Founded

2016

Headcount

33

Headquarters

France

Primary Segment

Computer Games

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

6

News Summary:

Blacknut announced its participation in LG Streaming Week 2025 across North and Latin America, including the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. The company also reported that its cloud gaming service is now pre-installed or accessible on over 100 million devices worldwide. This access is achieved through partnerships with TV manufacturers such as Samsung, LG, Philips, Hisense, and Toshiba, and operating systems including Tizen, webOS, Android TV, Amazon TV, Google TV, Titan OS, and VIDAA. The service allows users to play games on smart TVs, mobiles, PCs, and tablets without a separate console.
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Blacknut's customers primarily consist of set-top boxes and telecoms services companies. Examples of Blacknut's customers include A1 Telekom Austria Group, CelcomDigi and Samsung Device eXperience. Blacknut has partners like Oracle.