[stuntgoat]

I hear this is what the creators of Pokemon Go used before they launched their product.

[stefanmancevski]

Niantic was an internal startup at Google before spinning out into an independent company in 2015. By that point they already proved out their business idea with a cult hit game called Ingress, off which Pokemon Go is based. So technically yes, you're right :)

[2michaeltaylor]

LOL. Well they already had jobs where they could work on their idea. It's funny though he did kind of start lean and build up: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/History_of_Pok%C3%A9m...