OpenAI needs more creator products. Patreon’s Co-Founder will develop them.

Since co-founding Patreon alongside Jack Conte more than 13 years ago, Sam Yam has played a key leadership role for the creator funding platform. But Yam's time at Patreon has come to an end, and as he departs, he's taking two of his colleagues with him. Yam has accepted an offer to lead the new Creator Product division at OpenAI. In that role, he will look to build an ecosystem that makes offerings like ChatGPT work harder for creators and their partners. Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

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