Austin’s Newest Niche: Fitness Apps

Austin continues to grab attention globally for music, comedy, dining, and big tech. Tech entrepreneurship is growing fast.

The town that gave us the movie Slacker is becoming a fitness mecca:

  1. SweatPals just raised another round of funding. I discovered pickleball through this event-driven app now expanding outside Austin: link
  2. Card.io brings an exercise component similar to Pokémon Go to everyday fitness: link

Interesting people like these founders are moving to Austin every week. Enough funding and talent exists to launch from Austin.