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Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor. [1] [a] He is the co-founder of live video platform Justin.tv. He was the chief executive officer of Twitch when it was spun off from Justin.tv until March 2023. In 2011, Shear was appointed as a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator. [2]
The subsequent revolt within OpenAI’s ranks led to talks of bringing Altman back, though by late Sunday evening, those talks had dissolved, with the board naming Emmett Shear, who cofounded ...
Dozens of employees announced their resignations in response to Shear's accession. [4] The next day, a letter signed by 745 [ 62 ] of OpenAI's 770 employees threatened mass resignations if the board does not resign; among the signatories was board member Sutskever, who defected from the board and publicly apologized for his participation in the ...
— Emmett Shear (@eshear) July 27, 2023 It is unclear exactly when Shear interned for the tech giant, or in what capacity. Until he took on the top job at OpenAI, Shear described himself in his X ...
OpenAI has been roiled by dramatic executive shuffling since Friday, and the appointment of an interim CEO is only adding fuel to the fire. Emmett Shear, a co-founder of the streaming platform ...
Emmett Shear announced his new role Monday morning in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, while also acknowledging “the process and communications” around Altman’s firing Friday were ...
The announcement attracted controversy, and CEO Emmett Shear later clarified that the role of the council was purely advisory. [80] [81] [82] On June 22, 2020, Twitch Interactive sold CurseForge to Overwolf for an undisclosed sum. [83] In August 2020, Twitch Prime was renamed Prime Gaming, aligning it closer with the Amazon Prime family of ...
Shear suggested he would launch an investigation to examine the process that led to the recent events and produce a report on them within his first thirty days at OpenAI.