Capturing public attention
That mindset helped shape Chatforce, a company built on the idea that game creation should be accessible to anyone with a compelling idea. Through a team of AI agents that take on various roles, such as director, coder, artist or musician, the platform helps users transform concepts into playable games without needing technical expertise.
“We’re going after a $250-billion opportunity by bringing game creation to everybody,” Biswas says. “The way we see it, game creation is having its YouTube moment right now.”
Already, the company’s projects have captured public attention. One viral game, Grand Theft Toronto, cast players as a DoorDash driver delivering coffee to local celebrities and historical figures. Another project, Reality Check, challenges users to distinguish between AI-generated and real photographs. The educational game has attracted hundreds of thousands of players and is used by teachers, professors, parents and internet safety professionals around the world.
The power of building relationships with peers
Throughout her time at U of T, Biswas found support not only through the scholarship itself but through relationships with faculty, staff and mentors. She credits annual BMO National Scholar events with helping her connect with U of T Engineering Dean Chris Yip, who later invited Chatforce to become a founding industry partner in the Engineering Partnerships Office — a dynamic centre where companies are embedded in downtown Toronto offices, within a community of like-minded researchers and entrepreneurs.
She also remembers the smaller acts of support that made a difference. During the capstone project, when access to campus meeting space was difficult, a departmental staff member helped ensure her team had somewhere to work every weekend.
“Those weekends where we could work together on campus and discover whether we could work together long-term ultimately helped us decide to start a company,” she says. “A lot of that originates from the access she gave us.”
Looking ahead
As Chatforce grows, the company continues to hire students, support student-led initiatives and maintain close ties with the university community that helped shape its founders.
For Biswas, that’s no coincidence. “The university you go to has a direct influence on the kinds of peers you have in early adulthood,” she says. “I could not have met my co-founders and made the choice to start a company anywhere else.”
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