# Huy Dinh

> Huy Dinh is the co-founder and CEO of Chative.IO and a co-founder of BotStar. Born and raised in Da Nang, he studied at Swinburne University of Technology and worked across software engineering, product development and engineering management. He traces BotStar’s idea to a 2016 Melbourne coffee queue; his public writing covers chatbot integrations and GameFi design.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Chative.IO
- **Organizations:** Chative.IO, BotStar, Effective Measure, SMSGlobal, JMango, Asian Tech, FPT Software
- **From:** Da Nang, Vietnam
- **Education:** Swinburne University of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded BotStar, a visual chatbot-building platform., Co-founded and leads Chative.IO, a business messaging platform., Announced BotStar’s Zapier integration in March 2019.

## Career timeline

- **2005-2009** — Attended Swinburne University of Technology.
- **2012-2013** — Worked on an SMS platform project, listed August 2012 to June 2013.
- **2016** — Developed the BotStar idea with co-founder Lee while living in Melbourne, prompted by their daily coffee queue.
- **2017** — BotStar publicly released, according to Dinh’s founder account.
- **2018** — BotStar featured on BetaList on July 20, with Dinh listed among its makers.
- **2019** — Published the announcement of BotStar support for Zapier on March 22.
- **2021** — Chative founded; Dinh identified as its founder and CEO in its 2022 startup presentation.
- **2023** — Published a March 17 GameFi essay discussing work with Rune Seeker.

## Achievements

- Co-founded BotStar, a visual chatbot-building platform.
- Co-founded and leads Chative.IO, a business messaging platform.
- Announced BotStar’s Zapier integration in March 2019.

## Latest updates

- **2023-03** — Published a GameFi essay about token economics, gameplay and blockchain utility after working with the Rune Seeker team.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/huy-dinh-ceo
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/phradion
- GitHub: https://github.com/phradion
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/huy.huydinh.1

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Last updated: 2026-10-14