# Orta Therox
Building since 2023. Not reviewed by Orta.
Page: https://mrrmaker.com/@ortatherox
Co-founded Puzzmo, sold to Hearst Newspapers (2023)
In their words: "Somewhat indie games dev/founder on @puzzmo.com […] always thinking about dev tooling" (bsky.app)

## Numbers
- Products: 7
- Building since: 2023

## Products
- Puzzmo (2023): sold, sold to Hearst Newspapers
- Danger: dates not stated in any source
- Flappy Royale: dates not stated in any source
- GIFs.app: dates not stated in any source
- Mixtapes: dates not stated in any source
- Put.IO for iOS: dates not stated in any source
- CocoaDocs: dates not stated in any source

## Timeline
- 2025: Puzzmo: Shipped a native iOS app for Puzzmo [stated]
- Dec 2023: Sold Puzzmo to Hearst Newspapers [verified]
- Oct 2023: Puzzmo: Puzzmo opened its waitlist, with 500 access keys a day [stated]
- 2023: Launched Puzzmo [stated]
- Jun 2019: Joined the TypeScript compiler team at Microsoft [stated]
- Mar 2018: On NYT Open interview: 5 Questions with Orta Therox [stated]
- Jun 2015: On Talk at Altconf: Being Nice in Open Source [stated]
- Dec 2014: On Kodeco (raywenderlich.com) podcast, season 2 episode 8: CocoaPods with Orta Therox [stated]
- May 2014: On Talk at UIKonf: CocoaPods and Documentation [stated]
- Oct 2013: On Talk at goto; conference: CocoaPods, the Objective-C Dependency Manager [stated]
- Sep 2013: On Talk at NSSpain: From Submodules to Private Cocoapods [stated]

## How sure
5 verified by someone other than Orta, 35 stated by Orta in public, 0 outdated. Read on 11 Oct 2026.

## Sources
- ortatherox - Home, orta.io: https://orta.io
- Projects from Orta Therox, orta.io: https://orta.io/projects
- GitHub profile of orta, github.com: https://api.github.com/users/orta
- Bluesky profile of orta.io, bsky.app: https://bsky.app/profile/orta.io
- ortatherox - late thirties, orta.io: https://orta.io/on/being/late-thirties
- ortatherox - REEMPLOYED, orta.io: https://orta.io/on/leaving/artsy
- Hearst Newspapers Acquires Puzzle Games Platform Puzzmo, hearst.com: https://www.hearst.com/-/hearst-newspapers-acquires-puzzle-games-platform-puzzmo
- Zach Gage and Orta Therox’s puzzle platform Puzzmo acquired by Hearst Newspapers | PocketGamer.biz, pocketgamer.biz: https://www.pocketgamer.biz/zach-gage-and-orta-theroxs-puzzle-platform-puzzmo-acquired-by-hearst-newspapers/
- 5 Questions with Orta Therox, open.nytimes.com: https://open.nytimes.com/five-questions-with-orta-therox-d5bb9659c50b
- CocoaPods with Orta Therox – Podcast S02 E08 | Kodeco, kodeco.com: https://www.kodeco.com/2279-cocoapods-with-orta-therox-podcast-s02-e08
- Puzzmo Tech Stack: 2025 - Puzzmo Blog, blog.puzzmo.com: https://blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/12/9/tech-2025/
- 12 Months of Claude - Puzzmo Blog, blog.puzzmo.com: https://blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2026/07/03/twelve-months-of-claude/
- Site checks on 2026-10-11, MRRMaker: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works#checks

Labels: "verified" means confirmed by someone other than the founder; "stated" means the founder said it in public. Method: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works