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Mar 16, 2023 · Emmett Shear announced his resignation Thursday as Twitch’s CEO, after leading the company for more than a decade. Shear was an original founder of Justin.tv, a live-streaming precursor to Twitch, its spin-off service focused on gaming.
Jun 13, 2024 · Over a period of just a few days, the CEO job shuffled between CTO Mira Murati and former Twitch boss Emmett Shear. Meanwhile, hundreds of OpenAI employees said they would leave for jobs at...
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Jun 13, 2024 · Emmett Shear is an entrepreneur and investor. He was part of the first class at Y Combinator in 2005. He co-founded Justin.tv in 2006 and its spin-off company Twitch in 2011. In the same year, he also became a part-time partner at Y Combinator, a role in which he continues to advise new startups.
6 days ago · Worldviews, altruism, and embracing variance (with Emmett Shear). Read the full transcript here. How does Emmett's worldview differ from the standard Silicon Valley worldview?
Jun 3, 2024 · Emmett Shear was a gamer long before he helped define one of the most important new media companies at the intersection of gaming, media, and the creator economy. What can we learn from his success as a founder?
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Jun 22, 2024 · Twitch CEO Emmett Shear has stated a desire to support a wide variety of platforms, stating that they wanted to be on "every platform where people watch video". Users can watch Twitch streams via Twitch's website in a web browser and via dedicated streaming apps for mobile devices, digital media players and video game consoles. This includes:
Jun 20, 2024 · The board then named former Twitch CEO and cofounder Emmett Shear as interim CEO. Shear took over the role from OpenAI's CTO, Mira Murati, who had publicly supported Altman.
