Find your path to Bigi
520 people in our graph share verified history with Bigi — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
David PhuunlockedBigi: together at University of California, Davis (2001–2005)
×7Bigi: together at Intel Corporation
Bigi: together at Y Combinator
×2Bigi: together at Zynga
About
Bigi Lui was a founding engineer at Zynga on Mafia Wars, a principal engineer at Massdrop, a staff engineer at Knock, and co-founder and CTO of CoinTent.
Founder/CTO at CoinTentYC S16
Intro paths
YC
Bigi went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Bigi can intro founders to CoinTent's investors below.
CoinTent's investors · 2
Co-founders at CoinTent
BR
Brad RossFounder/CEO
KG
Kendra GibbonsFounder/Director of Engineering
Experience
- ProdShotFoundercurrent2025 — presentElk Grove, California, United States
- Pineapple SoftwarePrincipal Software Engineer, Ownercurrent2023 — presentElk Grove, California, United States
- Atypical AILead Software Engineering Consultant2023Elk Grove, California, United States
- Coding Time (Sac/Elk Grove)Owner2023Elk Grove, California, United States
- Captain.tvTechnical Strategic Director2022 — 2023Elk Grove, California, United States
- Knock.comStaff Software Engineer - Lead, Backend Systems2018 — 2022Elk Grove, California, United States
- MassdropPrincipal Software Engineer - Lead, Platform team2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- CoinTent (YC S16)Cofounder/CTO2013 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaSoftware Architect2013San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaSoftware Architect2012 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaPrincipal Software Engineer/Software Architect2010 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaPrincipal Software Engineer2009 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
- ZyngaSoftware Engineer2008 — 2009San Francisco Bay Area
- Pure Web ApplicationsWeb Application Engineer2007 — 2008Sacramento, California Area
- Intel CorporationProduct Development Engineer2005 — 2007Sacramento, California Area
- Department of Water ResourcesStudent Assistant Programmer2004 — 2005Sacramento, California Area
- UC Berkeley ATDPInstructor2003 — 2004San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
DocumentationSoftware DocumentationSoftware DesignAdobe AIR1Software Architectural Design3iOS development1User Experience8Game Design5Web Applications13Software Development1ScalabilityWeb Development
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Mobile DevicesObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)RedisCouchbaseC++ServletsMySQLActionScriptEmbedded SystemsPHPPerlSubversionLanguages Cantonese · Chinese (written) · English · Japanese · Mandarin
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bigi Lui?
- Bigi Lui was a founding engineer at Zynga on Mafia Wars, a principal engineer at Massdrop, a staff engineer at Knock, and co-founder and CTO of CoinTent.
- Where does Bigi Lui work?
- Bigi Lui is Founder/CTO of CoinTent.
- What companies did Bigi Lui found?
- Bigi Lui founded CoinTent.
- Where did Bigi Lui go to school?
- Bigi Lui studied at University of California, Davis (B.S. in CSE, Computer Science and Engineering); Y Combinator (S16).
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
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Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y CombinatorAlexis OhanianPartnerFounded RedditFred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1
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Intel Corporation mafia195
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Lip-Bu TanChief Executive OfficerFounded Walden Catalyst +2Micha Y. BreakstoneManager of the Statistical NLP groupFounded Chorus AI +2Ritik MalhotraSoftware EngineerFounded Savvy +2Amir FaintuchSenior Vice President & General ManagerFounded Hourly +1Kamesh RaghavendraIntern, Test TechnologiesFounded Geminus +1Ruban KanapathippillaiSenior Design ManagerFounded Iterate AI +1
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Zynga mafia59
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Iansuperlabs (acquired) - Founder, Director of ProductFounded Apex Technology +2Andrew BuseyVP / GM, Zynga AustinFounded Hypergiant +2Robin ChanGeneral Manager, Asia Business OperationsFounded Goat Capital +2Amitt MahajanDirector of EngineeringFounded Rare Bits +1Robin ChanGeneral Manager, Asia Business OperationsFounded Operator +1Mohan ReddyCTO/Technology LeaderFounded SkyHive +1
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Atypical AI mafia2
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Same school
Also attended University of California, Davis352
Charles CallSLP & Venture Partner at Cottonwood Technology FundDavid PhuController at Felicis VenturesTeresa ChanChief Financial Officer at Felicis VenturesBryan EglanDirector of Business Development at Menlo VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera CapitalScott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners
+ 346 more
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of ParticleArhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear VenturesAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorChris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
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Shared employers
Also worked at Knock.com4
Also worked at Massdrop6
Also worked at Zynga116
Nabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyMasoud AdinaHead of Compliance at GreycroftVlad LoktevInvestor at Index VenturesEmily MoskowitzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesLinus LiangFounder and Managing Partner at Kyber Knight CapitalNiha GottiparthyInvestor at EMERGENT VENTURES
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Also worked at Intel Corporation674
Jim GoetzPartner at Sequoia CapitalSundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalJob SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalAssaf ArakiInvestment Director at Intel CapitalJen ArdManaging Director, Head of Investment Operations at Intel Capital
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