Emmett Shear
Co-founder of Justin.tv and former Twitch CEO; investor and brief OpenAI interim CEO
Co-founder of Justin.tv and former Twitch CEO; investor and brief OpenAI interim CEO
Every podcast episode featuring Emmett Shear that Attunex has found: 37 interviews and appearances across 27 shows between 2018 and 2026. Most often on The Quest Pod with Justin Kan (6), Aposto Altı Otuz (2) and Doom Debates! (2). Often in conversation with Erik Torenberg and Jessica Livingston. Follow Emmett in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.
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Twitch CEO on the Future of the Creator Economy - and the Challenge to Keep the Platform Safe 19 May 2022 --- Emmett Shear is cofounder and CEO of Twitch, the fast-growing streaming service popular…
San Jose, San Francisco and a bedroom in Ontario, 1993 to 2025. Three engineers leave a Denny's with a plan to sell a chip that draws triangles, and three decades later their company is the most…
San Jose, San Francisco and a bedroom in Ontario, 1993 to 2025. Three engineers leave a Denny's with a plan to sell a chip that draws triangles, and three decades later their company is the most…
San Jose, San Francisco and a bedroom in Ontario, 1993 to 2025. Three engineers leave a Denny's with a plan to sell a chip that draws triangles, and three decades later their company is the most…
San Jose, San Francisco and a bedroom in Ontario, 1993 to 2025. Three engineers leave a Denny's with a plan to sell a chip that draws triangles, and three decades later their company is the most…
In February 2014, more than six and a half million people watched tens of thousands of strangers type commands into a chat box to steer a Pokemon Red character into walls. Twitch Plays Pokemon opens…
Why Leadership Is About Repetition, Not Charisma | Emmett Shear Former Twitch founder and interim OpenAI CEO Emmett Shear, now Co-founder of Softmax, joins for a deep conversation on leadership,…
This week on The Hope Axis, I’m joined by Emmett Shear to talk about AI, hope, and how we should actually think about the future. Emmett is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitch, former interim CEO…
Emmett Shear and Séb Krier debate whether today’s AI alignment paradigm—focused on control and instruction-following—is fundamentally flawed. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance,…
Emmett Shear is the founder and CEO of Softmax, an alignment research company, and previously co-founded and led Twitch as CEO. He was also a Y Combinator partner and briefly served as interim CEO of…
Emmett Shear, founder of Twitch and former OpenAI interim CEO, challenges the fundamental assumptions driving AGI development. In this conversation with Erik Torenberg and Séb Krier, Shear argues…
Aposto Kiosk'un bu bölümünde Aposto CEO'su Orhun Canca, Slush'D İstanbul'da Justin.tv kurucusu Emmett Shear'ı konuk alıyor, Dünya'nın en büyük girişimcilik etkinliklerinden Slush'ın İstanbul ayağında…
Aposto Kiosk'un bu bölümünde Aposto CEO'su Orhun Canca, Slush'D İstanbul'da Justin.tv kurucusu Emmett Shear'ı konuk alıyor, Dünya'nın en büyük girişimcilik etkinliklerinden Slush'ın İstanbul ayağında…
Ex-Twitch Founder and OpenAI Interim CEO Emmett Shear is one of the rare established tech leaders to lend his name and credibility to Eliezer Yudkowsky’s warnings about AI existential risk. Even…
Superintelligent AI is rapidly approaching, and humanity (specifically, the labs building it) is still a long way from proving it can be safely controlled. But what if that’s the wrong way of viewing…
In this Social Radars episode we talk to Emmett Shear, who told us about an interesting founder mode technique he developed when he was running Twitch. He wanted people there to be able to answer the…
Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares just launched their world-changing book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. PLEASE BUY YOUR COPY NOW!!! We had an unofficial launch party here on Doom Debates to…
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Patrick McKenzie (patio11) is joined by Emmett Shear, co-founder of Twitch, former interim CEO of OpenAI, who now runs Softmax AI alignment. Emmett argues that current AI safety approaches focused on…
This is an interview with Emmett Shear - CEO of SoftMax, co-founder of Twitch, former interim CEO of OpenAI, and one of the few public-facing tech leaders who seems to take both AGI development and…
(04:30) - Anthropic Clears Legal Hurdle on AI Data (11:32) - All-In Launches Ultra Premium Tequila (30:45) - Timeline (45:17) - Hims & Hers Stock Drops Over 30% (56:09) - Ford is Scrambling For…
Emmett Shear is the cofounder and ex-CEO of Twitch, ex-interim-CEO of OpenAI, and a former Y Combinator partner. He recently announced Softmax, a new company researching a novel solution to AI…
🔥 PREMIERE EPISODE: Emmett Shear Breaks His SilenceThe ICONS Podcast launches with an unprecedented conversation: Emmett Shear — Interim OpenAI CEO, Twitch founder, and YC visionary — speaks publicly…
Nathan Labenz, host of The Cognitive Revolution, joins me for an AI news & social media roundup! 00:00 Introducing Nate 05:18 What’s Your P(Doom)™ 23:22 GPT-4o Image Generation 40:20 Will Fiverr’s…
It’s time for AI Twitter Beefs #3: 00:00 Introduction 01:27 Marc Andreessen vs. Sam Altman 09:15 Mark Zuckerberg 35:40 Martin Casado 47:26 Gary Marcus vs. Miles Brundage Bet 58:39 Scott Alexander’s…
Today we are discussing the launch of Stem AI, a new artificial intelligence startup founded by former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear and Adam Goldstein. Stem AI, currently operating in stealth mode, aims…
Here’s the original poll : Poll question from my 12yo: Everyone responding to this poll chooses between a blue pill or red pill . * if > 50% of ppl choose blue pill , everyone lives * if not, red…
In 2007, Emmett co-founded a live streaming service called Justin.tv along with his childhood friend and neighbor, Justin. That first entrepreneurial spark grew into Twitch, an interactive…
Read the full transcript here. How does Emmett's worldview differ from the standard Silicon Valley worldview? What's the difference between an ideology and a worldview? What's middle management…
The ability to notice and savor surprises is a key overlooked skill of the greatest founders. It allows you to narrow in on the types of capabilities that will lead to breakthroughs. In this…
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…
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s move to fire Sam Altman with no warning kicks off five days of chaos for the tech company. After he gets over the shock, Altman uses all his corporate savvy to…
Episodio 1536 de "El Siglo 21 es Hoy": El turbulento camino de OpenAI En este episodio, exploramos los dramáticos giros en la dirección de OpenAI. Conoce cómo Sam Altman, presidente de OpenAI,…
BRKsEDU, VanDep e Davi dão suas opiniões sobre dois projetos de lei que podem complicar a vida dos criadores de conteúdo no YouTube, Twitch e TikTok. Também comentam a demissão do CEO da maior…
Ces derniers jours, l’actualité tech a été dominée par le feuilleton OpenAI… Si tout semblait aller pour le mieux pour l’entreprise ces derniers mois, avec un ChatGPT toujours plus performant,…
Raus bei OpenAI, rein bei Microsoft. Halt, doch nicht. Wieder rein bei OpenAI, dafür Board ausgetauscht. Da war was los bei OpenAI und Sam Altman, On/Off-CEO. Dazu noch anscheinend ein großer…
Why Emmett Shear's stint was short-lived. PC Gamer's history issue causes Twitter fury over sexism, but did critics get it right? Plus: lighthouse tech, Dune fandom, and why historical narratives…
主持／編輯牧宜、編輯七號 （1）11月18日，OpenAI董事會宣布解雇執行長奧特曼（Sam Altman），並由技術長穆拉蒂（Mira Murati）成為臨時執行長；11月19日接續宣布任命串流平台Twitch前執行長希爾（Emmett…
Today we talk with Emmett Shear, who was in the very first YC batch in 2005 with a startup called Kiko. But you know him better as the co-founder of Twitch, which YC funded in 2007. Learn how Twitch…
Pre-show: 🚨 LAST CHANCE FOR THE ATP HOLIDAY STORE 🚨 Note: long-sleeve and utes sizes have been added! Follow-up: Keyboard wear Finger grease (via Ryan Holmes) ABS plastic PBT plastic A true horror…
Over 700 of OpenAI’s 770 employees demand the board to reinstate Sam Altman and then resign, or they may quit and join Altman at Microsoft, Before naming Emmett Shear as interim CEO, OpenAI’s board…
Nonprofit Board Fires Sam Altman At OpenAI In High-Stakes Drama So, what happens when a nonprofit board meets with a Silicon Valley CEO? The two factions of OpenAI clashed like the resistance…
On this episode of Money and Me, Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang break down all you need to know about Emmett Shear, the new interim CEO of OpenAI, an overview of Singtel’s performance amid Optus…
Emmett Shear, the newly appointed CEO of OpenAI, addresses the recent firing of Sam Altman and discusses the future direction of the company. Shear shares his insights (vai tweet) on the challenges…
Episode 520: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) are dropping an EMERGENCY POD. They’ve been on Twitter all weekend–ignoring their families–just to…
Over the course of the weekend, Open AI has gone through 3 CEOs and the original one has been hired by Microsoft. Open AI currently seems to want to settle on former twitch CEO but the staff want no…
Send us Fan Mail 00:15 | OpenAI + Microsoft CEO shuffle - Sam Altman (CEO) fired on Friday by board of directors - Greg Brockman (President) and other senior OpenAI employees resign on Friday -…
What actually happened at OpenAI in the last three days? Decoder host and Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks with Verge editors Alex Heath and David Pierce to break it down and try to work out…
The Verge's Nilay Patel and Alex Heath join David Pierce after a long, winding weekend reporting on the dramatic shakeup at OpenAI, still in progress. Further reading: Turmoil at OpenAI: after firing…
WTAF is going on? First the board announced former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as new CEO. Then Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were running a new division in Redmond. Then…
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday…
本集主題： (1) OpenAI 執行長上周五被董事會語焉不詳的閃電解職不到一天後就有大股東微軟希望Altman復職的消息傳出，但今天反Altman 勢力又閃電任命了亞馬遜電玩平台Twitch 前CEO Emmett Shear 為新任CEO ，到底可能是什麽原因讓Altman被閃電解職？Altman 和另一位和他共進退的董事Brockman 是不是要另起爐灶呢？ (2)…
De ontslagen topman Sam Altman van ChatGPT-moederbedrijf OpenAI gaat aan de slag bij softwareconcern Microsoft. Dat heeft Microsoft-topman Satya Nadella gezegd. Volgens Nadella gaat Altman samen met…
Sam Altman, topman van ChatGPT-moederbedrijf OpenAI, keert niet terug bij het bedrijf als directeur, meldt de website The Information. Pogingen van leidinggevenden binnen het bedrijf om hem terug te…
Sam Altman's hopes of returning as head of OpenAI are seemingly dashed following a series of last-ditch talks. CNBC confirms former Twitch boss Emmett Shear is set to be appointed interim CEO. U.S.…
Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) OpenAI's board hired former Twitch chief Emmett Shear as chief executive officer, defying calls from…
La idea de Twitch nació en 2007 con su antecesor: justin.tv, que fue fundado por los emprendedores, Justin Kan y Emmett Shear, pero, ¿quién es dueño de la plataforma?
Episode 494: Shaan Puri (https://twitter.com/ShaanVP) talks with ex-CEO & co-founder of Twitch, Emmett Shear (https://twitter.com/eshear), about the potential of artificial intelligence, the value of…
Emmett Shear is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitch, ex-interim CEO of OpenAI, and a visiting partner at Y Combinator. We talk about agency, meta learning, deliberate practice, coordination…
Emmett Shear is the co-founder of Twitch, one of the most influential platforms in recent history. From its humble beginnings as a gaming streaming platform to becoming a cultural phenomenon, Twitch…
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Emmett Shear, the CEO of Twitch, has stepped down after founding the platform 16 years ago. Join Pete and special guest Lowco as they dive into what this means for the platform and their thoughts on…
Microsoft has signed a fourth deal for Call of Duty access with Ubitus, a white-label cloud gaming service that has helped many publishers stream their games to Nintendo Switch, the Federal Trade…
In a special episode of My First Million, Shaan (@ShaanVP) talks about the nine things he learned from working with Emmett Shear - CEO of Twitch - who resigned today. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe…
In 2007, Emmett co-founded a live streaming service called Justin.tv along with his childhood friend and neighbor, Justin. That first entrepreneurial spark grew into Twitch, an interactive…
In 2011, when Emmett Shear pivoted the live streaming service Justin.tv into the video game platform Twitch, people warned him that gaming was just a niche. But unlike his first two ventures, video…
In 2011, when Emmett Shear pivoted the live streaming service Justin.tv into the video game platform Twitch, people warned him that gaming was just a niche. But unlike his first two ventures, video…
Welcome to my new show OnlyFriends, where my Silicon Valley group chat comes to life. On this episode, we discuss the Billionaire tax, the antiwork phenomenon, Faze Clan's billion dollar SPAC deal,…
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Welcome to my new show OnlyFriends, where my Silicon Valley group chat comes to life. On this episode, we discuss my new companies, our new advice segment, Dear OnlyFriends, the COVID vaccine,…
Welcome to my new show OnlyFriends, where my Silicon Valley group chat comes to life. On this episode, we discuss China banning crypto, the Theranos trial and fraud in Silicon Valley, whether…
When Justin.tv launched in 2007, we had no idea what it would eventually become. Don’t be fooled; the journey was far from glamorous. In this episode I sit down with my good friends and Twitch…
Twitch is an American video live streaming service operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon. Introduced as a spin-off of the general-interest streaming platform Justin.tv, the site…
How did one humble company overcome adversity to become one of the top live streaming platforms in the world? Twitch created a new language that wasn't built for a country, but for a culture. The…
Emmett Shear is my co-founder and the CEO of Twitch, the world's biggest live-streaming platform. Growing up, Emmett and I never lived more than a mile and a half away from each other. We've always…
My guest today is Emmett Shear, founder and CEO of Twitch. Twitch is the world's leading live streaming platform for gamers, which was acquired by Amazon in 2014. We talk about how Twitch empowers…
Emmett Shear is the Co-Founder & CEO @ Twitch, the world's leading live streaming platform for gamers and the things we love. Prior to Twitch's exit to Amazon for a reported $970M, Emmett raised over…
In addition to the featured guests, we also welcome returning members: Destiny, JonZherka, AbdouTooBeasty, Slasher, Andy Milonakis, Malena_Tudi, Manuel Ferrara, RichardLewisReports, EsfandTV, and…
David, Joanna and Christopher attempt to explain "5G"-amazing future tech or vague marketing term? Then they grab reporter Sarah Needleman to shed light on something even more confounding: the open…
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear talks with Recode's Kurt Wagner about launching the live video service, selling it to Amazon and reckoning with tech companies' responsibilities to their users. In this…
Ben and David discuss Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014. Unlike previous episodes, this recent acquisition still has a lot of open questions, and Amazon hasn't publicly reported growth of Twitch…