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Who founded A Thinking Ape?
BCBusiness profiled him on 2014-03-26 as one of three co-founders -- with Kenshi Arasaki and Wilkins Chung -- who established the Vancouver mobile-games studio after meeting through Y Combinator.
How did A Thinking Ape start?
Georgia Straight reported on 2010-12-17 that Diep, then trying to 'build the Facebook of Canada,' was relocating the gaming company from San Francisco to Vancouver, where he and co-founders Kenshi Arasaki and Wilkins Chung were based; the company had gone through Y Combinator.
What happened to A Thinking Ape?
A Thinking Ape's own company page cites Techcouver's 2020-11-18 report that Embracer Group's DECA Games acquired the studio for approximately $105 million USD; the studio continues to operate in Vancouver.
What does Eric Diep do now?
Diep's own site, ediep.ca/about, checked 2026-09-25, describes him as 'founder of Manifold (a16z crypto, Initialized Capital)' and 'previously co-founder of A Thinking Ape.' a16z crypto's October 4, 2021 investment post names Diep as part of the team leading Manifold, alongside former A Thinking Ape co-founder Wilkins Chung.