Emmett Shear - Founder @ StemAI - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder
Primary Organization
StemAI

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Emmett Shear was the Founder and CEO of Twitch. Mr. Shear was also a Co-Founder of Justin.tv and a part-time Partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator, where he advises fledgling startups on product and strategy. Mr. Shear graduated from Yale University.

Personal Investments

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Emmett Shear

has made

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Seed Round - Lemon Slice

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Lemon Slice

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Lemon Slice	—	Seed Round - Lemon Slice	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Blueprint Bryan Johnson	—	Angel Round - Blueprint Bryan Johnson	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	DianaHR	—	Seed Round - DianaHR	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Monumental Labs	—	Seed Round - Monumental Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Created by Humans	—	Seed Round - Created by Humans	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Yuma AI	—	Seed Round - Yuma AI	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Blue	—	Pre Seed Round - Blue	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Forge	—	Seed Round - Forge	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Monumental Labs	—	Seed Round - Monumental Labs	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pilot AI	—	Angel Round - Pilot AI	obfuscated obfuscation

Exits

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Triplebyte

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Triplebyte

Socialcam

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Peerwell

Triplebyte Triplebyte is a recruiting and technical screening platform for tech companies.
Socialcam SocialCam is a mobile app for Android and the iPhone that allows users to capture, edit, share and view videos online.
Peerwell PeerWell covers the full continuum of musculoskeletal care — from pain & prevention through to complex surgery & recovery.
Kite Kite augments coding environment with the use of internet’s programming knowledge and machine learning.
Forge Fast, automatic, always-on game capture. Never miss a moment with Forge.
Dashworks Dashworks is a knowledge assistant that helps employees find the information they need while also increasing productivity.
Cruise Cruise is an autonomous vehicle company that develops electric cars for urban mobility.

Jobs

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Emmett Shear

is the

Founder

StemAI

. Additionally,

Emmett Shear

has had

past jobs including

CEO and Founder

Twitch

StemAI Founder

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Twitch	CEO and Founder	Oct 2011	Mar 2023
Justin.TV	CTO, Co-Founder	2006	Nov 1, 2011
Kiko	Co-Founder	2005	2006
OpenAI	Interim CEO	Nov 2023	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Y Combinator	Part-time Partner	Jan 1, 2011	—

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