What eventually became Amiga was originally developed via Atari funding to become Atari's 16-bit offering. Jay Miner, who was the brains behind CTIA/GTIA/ANTIC,

What eventually became Amiga was originally developed via Atari funding to become Atari's 16-bit offering. Jay Miner, who was the brains behind CTIA/GTIA/ANTIC, was the force behind the Amiga development team, which at time was a small independent company called HiToro.