Ficon

Building the trust layer for online wagering.

Ficon is building trust infrastructure for real-money competition. Middleman, live now, holds both players' stakes, streams the match and pays the winner. A result check other companies can use is what we are building next.

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  1. Stream every match
  2. Verify every result
  3. Settle every payout

Example of the record we are building

  1. Stakes locked$200.00 from each player
  2. Stream linkedTwitch, both players in view
  3. Match startedEA Sports FC 27, 1v1
  4. Full time2–1
  5. Score readFrom the live stream
  6. Payout released$360.00 to the winner
  7. Record storedStake, result and payout

Competing for money online still runs on a handshake between strangers.

Players agree on a stake, play the match, and then hope the other side reports the score honestly and pays up. When they don't, there's no evidence, no referee and no way to get the money back. Ficon is building a system to replace that handshake: funds held until the match is settled, the match on record, and a payout that does not depend on the other player deciding to pay.

The trust layer

Five pieces we are building so a result can be trusted without trusting either player. The first of them already run inside Middleman.

Escrow-backed stakes
In Middleman, both sides' money is locked before the match and stays locked until the match is settled. Nobody can walk away with it.
Stream evidence
Middleman matches are streamed on Twitch, so the other player can watch. That footage is the evidence.
AI result verification
Models read the score from the live stream into both apps. Checking a disputed result against that stream is in place. Paying only after a full review of the match is what we are building toward.
Consistent dispute resolution
Either player can dispute a result before the payout. The review uses the stream and the evidence they submit, whoever asks.
Audit-ready logs
Each stake, decision and payout is stored with the match, so the outcome can be traced. A record anyone outside the company can open is part of what we are building.

Products

Middleman is the first product, live now. The trust layer underneath it is what we are building.

Live on iOS and Android

Middleman

Play. Stream. Get paid. Challenge opponents online, stream the match on Twitch, and collect the payout when the match is settled. Now running EA Sports FC 27 matches and tournaments.

  • Fund your wallet once and stay match-ready
  • Create a match: pick the game, set the payout, invite someone
  • Stream it on Twitch while the app tracks the score
  • Disputes reviewed from the stream, then the winner is paid
Visit middleman.live
Middleman welcome screen: Play. Stream. Get paid.
Middleman home screen with wallet balance, Create match and an FC 27 tournament
Open challenge on FC 27 with a $200 entry and $360 payout
Match in progress: live stream of the game with both players' scores and a $360 payout

About Ficon

We believe technology should enhance trust, not complicate it. We build software that bridges the gap between complexity and clarity: systems that are transparent, efficient and fair.

Company
Ficon Tech, Inc.
What we build
The trust layer for real-money competition, which we are building
First product
Middleman, live on iOS and Android

Team

The people building Ficon.

Olajide (John) Bashorun

Software Engineer

Software engineer with more than six years building secure, high-performance mobile and transaction systems across fintech, transport and consumer platforms. Leads engineering and system architecture at Ficon.

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Olajide specializes in secure, scalable Android systems using Kotlin, Java, Jetpack Compose and modern architecture patterns. He has led production apps including large-scale banking and transaction systems, working across the full lifecycle from architecture and API integration to CI/CD and production optimization.

He is currently an Android UI Programmer at Palladyne AI, building and maintaining Android UI components for the Palladyne Pilot AI software platform and working with its engineering teams on responsive, scalable mobile interfaces.

Fraud prevention has been part of his work for years. In 2020 he introduced, and his team built, the fix for one of the biggest loopholes customers were using to commit fraud in the M36 app.

At Ficon he builds the platform's core logic for real-time competitive play, automated match handling and trust-based interactions, with a focus on reliability and more autonomous, intelligent systems.

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Ola Aboaba

Product Designer & Engineer

Product designer and builder with more than seven years taking products from zero to one across fintech, trading and e-commerce. Shapes how Ficon's products look, feel and work.

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Ola has led design on products from first concept to launch. He is currently a product designer at Finofo, an AI-native accounts payable platform in Calgary, and previously was Lead Product Designer at EverBee, Senior Product Designer at Fig Finance, and designed a copy trading app for Doo Group. He started his career as a UX designer at GO54 (formerly Whogohost).

He holds an MBA and a design leadership certification from BrainStation, and has organized with Google Developers Group since 2019.

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Partnerships

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Careers

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