OpenAI nabs key Patreon execs ahead of upcoming announcement
OpenAI has hired three former Patreon execs to anchor its product strategy for creators.
Patreon co-founder Sam Yam is joing OpenAI to lead Creator Product. | Image: The Verge
OpenAI has hired three former Patreon execs to anchor its product strategy for creators. After starting the creator subscription platform 13 years ago, co-founder and technology chief Sam Yam announced on X that he's joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product. He's also bringing Patreon's former product head Drew Rowny and engineering head Shannon Ma with him on the new venture, both of whom stepped down in the past few weeks.
"We're going to build together with Creators at OpenAI and share early access to a new set of tools that I think will be critically valuable to Creators and their communities," Yam said in his announcement. "Pay attention …
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