A collage of Emmett Shear and Sam Altman.
Emmett Shear and Sam Altman.
  • Emmett Shear is set to become OpenAI's interim CEO, the third in as many days.
  • He previously crossed paths with Sam Altman at Y Combinator's inaugural class in 2005.
  • In 2014, Altman introduced him during a discussion about startups at Stanford University.

Emmett Shear announced at 1 a.m. PT Monday that he would become OpenAI's interim CEO.