OpenAI 在重磅公告前招揽 Patreon 核心高管

OpenAI 已聘请三名前 Patreon 高管，以支撑其面向创作者的产品战略。在 13 年前创办这一创作者订阅平台后，联合创始人兼技术负责人 Sam Yam 在 X 上宣布，他将加入 OpenAI，负责 Creator Product。他还将把 Patreon 前产品负责人 Drew Rowny 和前工程负责人 Shannon Ma 带入这项新事业；两人都在过去几周内离职。

“我们将在 OpenAI 与创作者共同打造产品，并分享一组新工具的早期访问权限；我认为这些工具将对创作者及其社区具有关键价值，”Yam 在公告中表示。“请关注下周的 OpenAI DevDay！我从今天起会开始活跃起来（也会在这里试验一些创新的早期工具！）”

Dev Day 定于 9 月 29 日星期二举行。不过，Yam 还链接到了 OpenAI CEO Sam Altman 的一则帖子，该帖子预告本周还将有另一项重大公告。

招揽 Patreon 的核心高管表明，OpenAI 可能正在探索进入创作者变现业务的途径。Patreon 实际上奠定了如今创作者订阅经济的基本模式。失去 Yam 对 Patreon 而言是又一次打击：该公司在今年 1 月裁员 20% 的员工 后，最近宣布了一项广泛的更新路线图，计划全面改造其用户功能。

OpenAI has hired three former Patreon execs to anchor its product strategy for creators. After starting the creator subscription platform 13 years ago, co-founder and technology chief Sam Yam announced on X that he’s joining OpenAI to lead Creator Product. He’s also bringing Patreon’s former product head Drew Rowny and engineering head Shannon Ma with him on the new venture, both of whom stepped down in the past few weeks.

“We’re going to build together with Creators at OpenAI and share early access to a new set of tools that I think will be critically valuable to Creators and their communities,” Yam said in his announcement. “Pay attention to OpenAI DevDay next week! I’m becoming active today (and experimenting with some innovative early tools here!)”

Dev Day is set for Tuesday, September 29th, though Yam also links to a post from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that teases another big announcement will be coming this week.

Bringing key Patreon execs on board suggests that OpenAI is exploring ways to enter the creator monetization business, given Patreon effectively set the blueprint for the creator-subscription economy as we know it. Losing Yam is another blow for Patreon, which recently announced an extensive update roadmap to overhaul its user features after laying off 20 percent of its staff in January.