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Patreon's building native video hosting for creators to sidestep
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CEO Jack Conte: 'We're building a video product'

By Ashley Carman@ashleyrcarman Nov 11, 2021, 12:00pm EST

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Patreon is building a video hosting solution and native player. CEO
Jack Conte confirmed the project to The Verge, alongside news that he
is joining many executives before him in launching a podcast called
The Creator Economy.

"We already host podcasts, and now we're starting to host video, as
well," he says. "We're building a video product ... So in terms of
how we've approached our strategy, and what exactly it is that we're
building, we're building the horizontal architecture for any creator,
no matter their medium, or no matter the upload format, to be able to
build a business around their work."

Conte didn't share more details on the product, but it's presumably a
way for creators to host and share video without leaving the
platform. It's still unclear when it might launch or how broadly it
would be deployed. We've reached out to a spokesperson for additional
context and will update if we hear back.

Still, Conte's acknowledgment of the goal and progress on allowing
creators to natively host their videos on Patreon could allow more
people to avoid YouTube, or at least not rely on it so heavily. The
company also maintains an integration with Vimeo that might become
less important as this feature launches. Of course, the idea of a
company launching its own native video product in the year of 2021
feels bold but speaks to the broader discontent brewing over
YouTube's dominance and Patreon's own interest in becoming fully
self-reliant.

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The timing of the announcement is particularly interesting because
Conte's podcast focuses on the techier side of creators. Conte won't
be interviewing Patreon creators, but rather people who are building
and funding tools for them to use, like Reddit co-founder Alexis
Ohanian and Li Jin, founder and managing partner at Atelier. Conte
says the idea is to put Patreon's name next to these folks and share
its vision for the creator world.

"We want to attract the most awesome, forward-thinking, curious
people who are building for the creator economy to Patreon," he says.
"We want those people to hear how we think about the world, and our
vision, and what we want to build, and what we believe in, and who we
are."

The show will be ad-free and free to access on all platforms --
there's no Patreon-funded tier -- and will be released seasonally with
12 episodes planned.

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