Emmett Shear has been tapped to be the new CEO of OpenAI, The Information first reported.
Emmett Shear cofounded streaming platform Twitch in 2011.
  • Emmett Shear was temporarily CEO of OpenAI in between Sam Altman's departure and return earlier this week. 
  • It was an interim position, but is still one of the shortest tenures as a company chief.
  • Business Insider offers you five things in tech that outlasted his tenure at OpenAI.

Emmett Shear's stint as interim CEO of OpenAI might have set some sort of record. 

By his count, Shear lasted just 55 hours and 32 minutes – or not even three days. "New record???," he seemingly joked on X.