Sam Yam is the Co-Founder and CTO of Patreon, a platform that funds creators and artists through membership from fans. Prior to Patreon, Sam co-founded AdWhirl, which was acquired by Google in 2010. Sam is also a YCE at YCombinator and has worked at Google, Yahoo, and Stanford’s StartX. Sam graduated with a BS in CS from Stanford and is currently on leave from Stanford’s Master’s program in CS.