Twitch's ex-CEO replaces fired OpenAI co-founder, Microsoft steps in

Microsoft is making moves amid a brewing crisis at ChatGPT creator OpenAI, following the sacking of its ex-CEO.

April 26, 2025 · 1 min · 50 words · Melissa Mitchell

Meanwhile, OpenAI has already found a replacement CEO: Ex-Twitch CEO Emmett Shear.

The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

According toCNA,the staff has not taken this lying down.

While all this went down, OpenAI quickly appointed Twitchs ex-CEO Emmett Shear as its new CEO.