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Twitch is an American video live-streaming service popular in ... after previous CEO and Justin.tv co-founder Emmett Shear announced he would step down after 16 years ...
He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam. [2] He was also the co-founder and former CEO of law-tech company Atrium before it was shut down in March 2020. [3] [4] In 2021, he launched NFT marketplace Fractal, which was renamed to Stash in 2024. [5]
Clancy became president of Twitch Interactive Inc., the operator of Twitch in 2019. [4] In March 2023, he became chief executive officer of Twitch, after previous CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear announced he would step down. [5] [6] As CEO, Clancy reports directly to Amazon VP of Audio, Twitch, and Games Steve Boom. [7]
Michael Seibel (born October 7, 1982) is a partner at Y Combinator and co-founder of two startups – Justin.tv/Twitch and Socialcam. [1] [2] He first joined Y Combinator in 2013, advising hundreds of startups, and has been active in promoting diversity efforts among startup founders. [3] [4]
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.
Justin Kan speaking at Gnomedex in 2007. The original Justin.tv was a single channel featuring Justin Kan. Wearing a webcam attached to a baseball cap and streamed online via a laptop-backpack system designed by co-founder Kyle Vogt, [10] Kan decided he would wear the camera 24/7, and he began streaming continuous live video and audio at midnight March 19, 2007. [11]
Vogt is a co-founder of Cruise Automation, a developer of self-driving car technology, which was acquired by General Motors in 2016. Prior to that, he was instrumental in the creation of Justin.tv, which evolved into the popular streaming platform Twitch.
An Internet entrepreneur is an owner, founder or manager of an Internet-based business. This list includes Internet company founders and people brought on to companies for their general business or accounting acumen, as is the case with some CEOs hired by companies started by entrepreneurs.