Emmett Shear

Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded the live video platform Justin . Shear became the chief executive officer of Twitch when it was spun off from Justin , a position he held until March 2023. In 2011, he was appointed as a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator. In November 2023, he was briefly the interim CEO of OpenAI. He is the CEO of AI alignment startup Softmax.

Infobox

Born

1983 (age 42–43)

Alma mater

Yale University (BS)

Known for

Co-founder of Justin Former CEO of Twitch Former interim CEO of OpenAI

References

Name appeared as "Emmett Sheer" in "The ESPN of Videogames", Forbes (paper), ppg. 36,40, 2 Nov 2013.
"Forty Under 40: Emmett Shear, Twitch"
https://www /sanfrancisco/news/2017/03/09/young-leaders-40-under-emmett-shear-twitch
VentureBeat
https://venturebeat /2011/06/13/y-combinator-partners-alums/
WSJ
https://www /tech/ai/openai-leadership-hangs-in-balance-as-sam-altmans-counte-rebellion-gains-steam-47276fa8
The Verge
https://www /2023/11/22/23967223/sam-altman-returns-ceo-open-ai
X (formerly Twitter)
https://x /eshear
www
https://www /about
Hemispheres
https://www /inspiration/business/twitch-ceo-emmett-shear-fandom-to-business/
BuzzFeed News
https://www /article/mattlynley/how-a-site-that-streams-people-playing-video-games-became-a
The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator
https://www /books/edition/The_Launch_Pad/smqJDQAAQBAJ
Interesting Engineering
https://interestingengineering /engineers-directory/emmett-shear
BuzzFeed News
https://www /article/mattlynley/how-a-site-that-streams-people-playing-video-games-became-a
WSJ
https://www /tech/ai/emmett-shear-openai-new-ceo-cdd84fad
VentureFizz
https://venturefizz /stories/nyc/14-successful-entrepreneurs-who-went-to-yale
Vox
https://www /2014/7/5/11628568/how-twitchs-founders-turned-an-aimless-reality-show-into-a-video
San Francisco Chronicle
https://web /web/20081218105550/http://www /cgi-bin/article ?f=/c/a/2007/03/30/MNG8OOUQI81 &hw=justin+tv&sn=001&sc=1000
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch /2014/08/05/justin-tv-shuts-down-to-let-the-company-focus-on-twitch/
VentureBeat
https://venturebeat /2011/03/10/justin-tv-esports-channel/
Forbes
https://www /sites/davidewalt/2013/11/13/the-espn-of-video-games
The Next Web
https://thenextweb /media/2011/06/06/twitchtv-justin-tvs-killer-new-esports-project/
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch /2011/08/29/after-a-hot-start-justin-tv-spins-off-socialcam-its-instagram-for-video/
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch /2012/09/19/twitch-15m-bessemer-venture-partners/
Business Insider
http://www /heres-why-amazon-paid-almost-1-billion-for-twitch-2014-8
"16 Years of Twitch"
https://blog /en/2023/03/16/16-years-of-twitch/
Y Combinator
https://www /blog/welcome-sam-garry-emmett-and-justin
The Information
https://www /articles/breaking-sam-altman-will-not-return-as-ceo-of-openai
X (formerly Twitter)
https://twitter /rowancheung/status/1726473420299534491
Washington Post
https://www /technology/2023/11/20/emmett-shear-new-ceo-open-ai/
Twitch Started as a Reality TV Show
https://www /watch?v=ICnFtfN-sUc
X (formerly Twitter)
https://x /eshear/status/1905715502695256301
Eater SF
https://sf /2020/3/27/21197153/three-babes-lenore-estrada-tech-angel-emmett-shear-twitch-million-dollars-sf-new-deal
"Twitch CEO Emmett Shear just gave $1 million to a San Francisco baker to launch a nonprofit that will help small businesses amid a citywide shutdown to contain the coronavirus"
https://www /twitch-ceo-san-francisco-coronavirus-shelter-in-place-2020-3