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Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platform Justin.tv. He served as 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.
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Nov 20, 2023 · When Emmett Shear, the former chief executive of the livestreaming site Twitch, was named the interim chief executive of OpenAI on Sunday night, he might have seemed a curious...
Mar 16, 2023 · SAN FRANCISCO — Emmett Shear, the chief executive of the livestreaming site Twitch, said on Thursday that he was resigning, ending a 16-year tenure for the co-founder of the platform favored by...
Nov 20, 2023 · ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as its interim chief executive officer after the startup ousted former head Sam Altman in a move that rocked the tech industry.
Mar 16, 2023 · Twitch CEO Emmett Shear is resigning, effective immediately, he announced in a blog post on Thursday. Shear has been at Twitch since before it was Twitch. He was a co-founder of Justin.tv, the...
Nov 20, 2023 · A sudden and seismic leadership crisis at OpenAI has led to a revolving door of CEOs at the artificial intelligence company, with tech entrepreneur Emmett Shear becoming the latest to take the...
