# Twitch founder

entity: /record/twitch.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/twitch/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-04  

As of November 4, 2026, Twitch's founder on the AsOf record is Emmett Shear, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tubefilter.com and analyticsindiamag.com). The record holds 2 claims on Twitch's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-04.

- [Twitch](/record/twitch.md) | founder | Emmett Shear | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_EDBCC461F5BC](/claim/clm_EDBCC461F5BC.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4555537, https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/11/20/twitch-co-founder-kevin-lin-departs-company/, https://analyticsindiamag.com/people/emmett-shear

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Twitch](/record/twitch.md) | founder | Emmett Shear | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_EDBCC461F5BC](/claim/clm_EDBCC461F5BC.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4555537, https://www.tubefilter.com/2020/11/20/twitch-co-founder-kevin-lin-departs-company/, https://analyticsindiamag.com/people/emmett-shear
- [Twitch](/record/twitch.md) | founder | Michael Seibel | valid undated to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_F01EA84406BC](/claim/clm_F01EA84406BC.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4555537, https://www.revenuememo.com/p/who-owns-twitch

## Questions this record answers

### What is Twitch's current founder?

Emmett Shear, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tubefilter.com and analyticsindiamag.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 4, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/twitch/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/twitch?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "twitch", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/twitch/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/twitch.md · timeline: /timelines/twitch.md

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