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Andy Hoang

Founder & CEO, Aviron Interactive

Connected fitnessToronto

Andy Hoang is the founder and CEO of Aviron Interactive, the Toronto maker of game-based connected rowing machines, bikes and treadmills. Before Aviron he was chief operating officer of the security-camera company i3 International. He incorporated Aviron in 2015, first selling rowers to corporate gyms, and moved the company to home consumers during the pandemic.

Andy hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Andy co-founded Aviron Interactive, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

Around the web ×4

Interview
For Aviron's Andy Hoang, Happiness Is 6 Workouts a Week and Dry-Aged SteaksInsideHook
2025
Podcast
Andy Hoang - Aviron & The Future of "Fitness Entertainment"Future of Fitness
2024
Podcast
'There's going to be a lot of consolidation': Aviron CEO Andy Hoang on growing a fitness brand during a cooling economyModern Retail
2023
Interview
Andy Hoang, CEO of Aviron, on the unit economics of connected fitnessSacra
2022

Quick answers

What is Andy Hoang's role at Aviron?

Aviron's own website, checked September 2026, lists Andy Hoang as Founder & Chief Executive Officer, and Y Combinator's Aviron company page lists him as a founder.

What did Andy Hoang do before Aviron?

BetaKit reported on 2022-02-23 that Hoang was formerly COO of i3 International, a Toronto-founded security video camera provider.

How did Aviron start?

BetaKit reported on 2022-02-23 that Hoang incorporated Aviron in 2015 as a rowing machine for corporate gyms, launching operations in 2018; he told BetaKit that when COVID hit the company accelerated its consumer rower to reach families in lockdown.

How does Aviron differ from other connected fitness brands?

TechCrunch reported on 2021-08-11 that Hoang said Aviron was going harder on gamification, and that it does not simply add graphics or achievements to the end of a workout.

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