# Mitch Liu

> Mitch Liu is co-founder and CEO of Theta Labs, the company behind Theta Network and Theta EdgeCloud. An MIT computer science and engineering graduate with a Stanford MBA, he previously co-founded Tapjoy, Gameview Studios and Midverse Studios. His work has moved from mobile advertising and games through esports streaming to distributed infrastructure for AI, video and rendering.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Theta Labs / Theta Network
- **Organizations:** Theta Labs, Theta Network, SLIVER.tv / THETA.tv, Tapjoy, Gameview Studios, Midverse Studios
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science and Engineering; thesis research in the MIT Media Lab Interactive Cinema group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Gameview Studios, acquired by DeNA in 2010., Co-founded Tapjoy, associated with rewarded advertising and app monetization., Co-founded Theta Network with Jieyi Long.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Co-founded the business known as Tapjoy, working in rewarded advertising and app monetization.
- **2010** — Co-founded Gameview Studios, known for Tap Fish; DeNA announced its acquisition in September.
- **2014** — Midverse Studios, co-founded with Rizwan Virk, announced its Invest+Publish program.
- **2016** — SLIVER.tv announced its VR Live Cast and Live Replay platform for esports.
- **2017** — Co-founded Theta with Jieyi Long.
- **2018** — Visited Samsung VR in Dallas to begin Theta integration; Theta testnet launched in June and Samsung VR testnet channel in September.
- **2024** — Theta launched EdgeCloud on May 1 for AI, video and rendering workloads.
- **2026** — Continues to lead Theta as EdgeCloud adds agent-controlled GPU deployment and a collaboration with Alibaba Cloud.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Gameview Studios, acquired by DeNA in 2010.
- Co-founded Tapjoy, associated with rewarded advertising and app monetization.
- Co-founded Theta Network with Jieyi Long.
- Led Theta at the launch of EdgeCloud on May 1, 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Theta announced an Alibaba Cloud collaboration on October 21 to bring Qwen models and related AI services to EdgeCloud.
- **2026-08** — Theta expanded its APIs and MCP server so AI agents can discover, deploy and manage GPU infrastructure.
- **2026-07** — Liu attended RAISE Summit in Paris with Theta marketing and PR head Josh Adams.
- **2026-04** — Theta announced that Professor Yong Zheng’s lab at Illinois Institute of Technology was using EdgeCloud for AI research.

## Links

- Website: https://www.thetatoken.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchliu/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/mitchliu

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Last updated: 2026-10-22