# Andy Tsen

> Andy Tsen is the co-founder and CEO of Ramen, the San Francisco game technology company that created the chart-topping VR MMO Zenith: The Last City and later pivoted toward Aura, a multi-agent AI assistant for Unreal Engine and Unity. His career spans software engineering, product management, social and mobile games, VR community building, studio leadership, and AI-assisted game development.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Ramen, the company behind Aura
- **Organizations:** Ramen VR, Aura, Tribe VR, Boston VR, Jana, Mobee, GREE, Metamoki, Cisco Systems, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Computer Science and Economics, University of California, Davis, Summer 2019 batch, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Co-founded Ramen VR and led it through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch., Raised $280,075 on Kickstarter for Zenith: The Last City., Led the launch of Zenith, which reached No. 1 in sales on Steam, Meta Quest and Oculus Rift in January 2022.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Began as a software engineer at Cisco Systems, then moved into social games at Metamoki.
- **Before 2016** — Held product and engineering roles at GREE, Mobee and Jana; also co-organized Boston VR from 2014 to 2016.
- **2016** — Tried an Oculus DK2, left his job, moved home and committed to learning VR development.
- **2016-2018** — Met Lauren Frazier through the Oculus Launch Pad community; they worked together on Conjure Strike before founding Ramen VR.
- **2019** — Co-founded Ramen VR, joined Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch and raised $280,075 on Kickstarter for Zenith.
- **2021** — Ramen raised a $10 million Series A to expand development of Zenith: The Last City.
- **2022** — Zenith launched on January 27 and reached No. 1 in sales on Steam, Quest and Oculus Rift; Ramen then closed a $35 million Series B.
- **2024** — Ramen ended new content development for Zenith after persistent player-retention problems made continued development unsustainable.
- **2025** — Ramen introduced Aura in early access as an AI assistant for Unreal Engine game development.
- **2026** — Aura launched in beta, expanded to Unity through Ramen's acquisition of Coplay, and reached version 15 with multi-agent workflows and unlimited-use plans.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Ramen VR and led it through Y Combinator's Summer 2019 batch.
- Raised $280,075 on Kickstarter for Zenith: The Last City.
- Led the launch of Zenith, which reached No. 1 in sales on Steam, Meta Quest and Oculus Rift in January 2022.
- Helped Ramen VR raise a $10 million Series A in 2021 and a $35 million Series B in 2022.
- Built Zenith with a 15-person launch team, according to Unity's case study.
- Led Ramen's pivot from operating a VR MMO to building Aura for Unreal Engine and Unity.
- Expanded Aura to Unity through the 2026 acquisition of Coplay and its open-source Unity MCP project.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Ramen released Aura 15.0 for Unreal Engine and Unity with Sandbox Mode, reusable Aura Skills, specialist agents and unlimited-use subscription options.
- **2026-06** — Tsen announced Ramen's acquisition of Flopperam alongside Aura 15.
- **2026-04** — Aura added Unity support after months of use by Unreal Engine developers.
- **2026-03** — Ramen acquired Coplay, including the Unity MCP open-source project, to bring Aura to both major commercial game engines.
- **2026-01** — Ramen launched Aura in beta as its flagship multi-agent AI assistant for Unreal Engine.
- **2025-08** — Tsen published Aura 0.4.0 release notes describing lower latency, improved retrieval and faster iteration.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ramenvr.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/atsen
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Andy_Tsen

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Last updated: 2026-08-17