{
  "id": 9278063,
  "title": "Patreon co-founder Sam Yam says he is joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product, alongside Patreon's Head of Product Drew Rowny and Head of Engineering Shannon Ma (Sam Yam/@samyamiam)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/patreon-co-founder-sam-yam-says-he-is-joining-openai-to-lead-creator",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-23T05:10:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://x.com/samyamiam/status/2102503574492332141"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "1/ I'm joining @OpenAI to lead Creator Product after over 13 years since starting @Patreon. Coming with me are my favorite crew Drew Rowny and Shannon Ma, Patreon's (now former) Head of Product and Head of Engineering. We're going to build together with Creators at OpenAI and share early access to ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}