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Wilkins Chung

Co-founder, A Thinking Ape

Gaming

Wilkins Chung co-founded A Thinking Ape, the mobile games studio that came out of Y Combinator in 2008, moved to Vancouver in 2010 and was acquired by Embracer Group's DECA Games in 2020 for about USD $105 million. Chung, a former Amazon engineer, later co-founded Manifold, a digital goods company, with Eric Diep and Richerd Chan.

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

Quick answers

Who founded A Thinking Ape?

Techcouver reported on 2020-11-18 that A Thinking Ape was founded in 2008 by Kenshi Arasaki, Wilkins Chung and Eric Diep.

How did A Thinking Ape start?

BrainStation reported on 2017-11-15 that Arasaki and Chung spun a startup out of Y Combinator in 2008 as a messaging app, added Eric Diep at the pivot to community-driven mobile gaming, and the team relocated to Vancouver in 2010.

What happened to A Thinking Ape?

Techcouver reported on 2020-11-18 that Embracer Group, through its subsidiary DECA Games, agreed to acquire the Vancouver studio for approximately USD $105 million.

What did Chung do after A Thinking Ape?

Manifold's own Substack about page, checked 2026-09-25, describes Manifold as an internet of digital goods product company founded by Eric Diep, Richerd Chan and Wilkins Chung.

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