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Kenshi Arasaki

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Founder/CEO at A Thinking Ape

Canada

FoundedA Thinking Ape · YC

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About

Kenshi Arasaki is a co-founder of A Thinking Ape, a game development company that was acquired by Embracer Group.

Founder/CEO at A Thinking ApeYC W08

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Kenshi went through Y Combinator (Winter 2008) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Co-founders at A Thinking Ape

EDEric Diep
Eric DiepFounder

Experience

  1. New AI consumer startupCofoundercurrent2026 — presentCanada
  2. Various companiesBoard member2026Canada
  3. A Thinking ApeExecutive Chair2023 — 2024Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  4. A Thinking ApeCEO & Co-founder2008 — 2023
  5. Amazon.comSDE2006 — 2007

Skills & more

Scalability10Distributed Systems5Mobile Applications10iOS development1Web Applications5JavaScript3Django3Python9Ruby1Git2Objective-C2REST4

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kenshi Arasaki?
Kenshi Arasaki is a co-founder of A Thinking Ape, a game development company that was acquired by Embracer Group.
Where does Kenshi Arasaki work?
Kenshi Arasaki is Founder/CEO of A Thinking Ape.
What companies did Kenshi Arasaki found?
Kenshi Arasaki founded A Thinking Ape.
What companies has Kenshi Arasaki invested in?
Investments tracked here include Fetch, Instant Labs, Mino Games.
Where did Kenshi Arasaki go to school?
Kenshi Arasaki studied at Y Combinator; University of Calgary (BSc, Computer science).

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