This document summarizes the founding and early history of Electronic Arts, a major video game company, in 3 sentences or less: Electronic Arts was founded in 1982 by six co-founders including Trip Hawkins who had the initial idea for the company. They raised $5 million in funding from prominent VC firms Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital. EA launched its first games in 1983 and grew to become a multi-billion dollar company focused on building a strong company culture and high quality games.