Ch@mobile announced a partnership with StreamerU, the creator academy founded by Twitch streamer Kai Cenat, giving all 120 members of the program’s 2026 class a smartphone and a year of wireless service. The brand distributed the devices during the opening orientation and named itself the official wireless carrier of “Streamer University.”
Beyond connectivity, Ch@mobile enrolled every student in its membership program, which includes monthly product drops, VIP experiences, and access to the brand’s existing partnerships in music and fashion, among them a collaboration with Young Thug and his clothing line SP5DER. StreamerU students will get access to future SP5DER drops and related giveaways as part of the arrangement.
“At Ch@mobile, we’re building much more than a phone plan,” said Bernt Ullmann, co-founder of Ch@mobile. “We like to think of Ch@mobile as the black card of wireless. We’re creating a membership centered on community, culture, and belonging.”
Young Thug, described in the release as a resident creator with Ch@mobile, also commented on the tie-in. “We’re building something similar with SP5DER and Ch@mobile by creating a community around culture, creativity, and access,” he said.
The partnership lands as StreamerU wraps a rollout that has drawn far more attention than a typical creator bootcamp. Cenat revealed the full 2026 roster this month, including professors Pokimane and Lizzo alongside Duke Dennis, Ludwig and Maya Higa, as well as club directors for basketball, film, debate and musical arts, the latter led by T-Pain. The scale of demand for a spot showed up before the roster did: in-person auditions in June drew large crowds in New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, and the Atlanta event outside State Farm Arena was shut down over safety concerns tied to turnout.
StreamerU’s first season, held in May 2025 at the University of Akron, drew more than a million applicants for roughly 120 spots and generated over 26 million hours watched on Twitch with peak concurrent viewership topping 700,000. Cenat is Twitch’s most-followed streamer, with more than 20 million followers on the platform
For Ch@mobile, the deal buys entry into an audience already primed to watch: a program that turned a three-day mentorship event into one of Twitch’s most-viewed franchises, now expanding into a second class with a wireless brand’s name attached to the students walking through the door.
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