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Kenshi Arasaki

Founder

Founder/CEO at A Thinking Ape

Canada

FoundedA Thinking Ape Β· YC

About

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

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kenshi @arasakik

what’s the japanese word for bookmarking X posts and letting them pile up unread

Jun 7, 2026 Β· β™₯ 8

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why isn't there short form music?

May 6, 2026

kenshi @arasakik

another useful skill in the age of AI is being able to ask the right questions

May 6, 2026

Founder/CEO at A Thinking ApeYC W08

Intro paths

YC

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

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In turn, Kenshi can intro founders to A Thinking Ape's investors below.

A Thinking Ape's investors Β· 1

Y Combinator

Co-founders at A Thinking Ape

EDEric Diep
Eric DiepFounder

Experience

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

Education

  1. Y Combinator2008
  2. University of CalgaryBSc, Computer science2001 β€” 2006

Skills & more

Scalability10Distributed Systems5Mobile Applications10iOS development1Web Applications5JavaScript3Django3Python9Ruby1Git2Objective-C2REST4

From Kenshi's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator1,464

Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJon XuGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorTed ChaiAssociate at Scale Venture PartnersLeo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMaroof AhmedFounder at Octopus VenturesYusuf SherwaniCo-Founder and CEO at Pelago; a Londoner living in New York City

+ 1,458 more

Also attended University of Calgary55

Laura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis VenturesRaghu BhaskarInvestment Manager – Sector Specialist Industrial IT and AI at Emerald Technology Ventures AgBryan ChowInvestor at Side Door VenturesWilson ActonManaging Partner at Tall Grass VenturesPatrick LorVenture Partner at Panache VenturesAlice ReimerCo-Founder & Venture Partner at Inovia Capital

+ 49 more

Shared employers

Also worked at A Thinking Ape1

Eric DiepFounder at A Thinking Ape

Also worked at Amazon.com356

Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group

+ 350 more