Executive
Emmett Shear
ES
Co-founder and CEO at Softmax
Shear co-founded and led the livestreaming platform Twitch as CEO and briefly served as interim CEO of OpenAI. He is co-founder and CEO of Softmax, an AI-alignment research startup pursuing "organic alignment."
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Background
Current role
Co-founder and CEOSoftmax
SoftmaxPreviously
University of Washington
Yale UniversityBorn1983
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Last editorial review: August 18, 2026