> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.livepeer.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Livepeer Organisational Structure

> A look at the Livepeer organisational structure, including the Livepeer Foundation, Livepeer Inc., and the key role of the Livepeer Community in governing the future of network.

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<FrameQuote href="https://blog.livepeer.org/a-real-time-update-to-the-livepeer-network-vision" author="Livepeer Blog"> For the past year, the Livepeer Ecosystem has been guided by the Cascade vision:  a path to transition from a pure streaming and transcoding infrastructure, to an infrastructure that could succeed at providing compute for the future of real-time AI video. </FrameQuote>

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## Livepeer Values

Livepeer has also been driven by a set of core values that guide its development, operations, and community interactions.

<CustomCardTitle icon="lightbulb" title="Innovation" /> Embrace new ideas and technologies to stay ahead of the curve.

<CustomCardTitle icon="handshake" title="Collaboration" /> Build with and for the community, fostering open dialogue and shared ownership.

<CustomCardTitle icon="door-open" title="Accessibility" /> Make cutting-edge video and AI tools available to everyone, regardless of technical background.

<CustomCardTitle icon="users" title="Community" /> Build with and for the community, fostering open dialogue and shared ownership.

<br />

*With this in mind, Livepeer is dedicated to both open, accessible architecture and a **contributive organisational structure** that optimises for the right people, with the right incentives, working on the right things.*

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## Entities

Livepeer’s project structure has evolved to balance a focused core team with a growing community governance model.
Multiple entities play distinct roles in Livepeer’s ecosystem:

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    Livepeer Inc is the original company behind the Livepeer protocol. Livepeer Inc built the core network infrastructure and continues to drive product development and demand generation.
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    The Livepeer Foundation is a non-profit organisation that stewards the long-term vision, ecosystem growth, and core development of the Livepeer network.
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  <Card title="Livepeer DAO" icon="chart-network" href="#livepeer-dao" arrow>
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  <Card title="Special Purpose Entities (SPEs)" icon="shapes" href="#special-purpose-entities-spes" arrow>
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each and how they interrelate, including ownership of key products like Livepeer Studio and Daydream,
strategic focuses, and insights from team members on their collaboration.

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### Livepeer Inc.

Livepeer Inc is the original founding company behind the Livepeer protocol. Livepeer Inc built the core network infrastructure and continues to drive product development.

Livepeer Inc’s current focus is product-market fit (PMF) for the Livepeer network in the era of real-time AI video.

<Accordion title="See more about Livepeer Inc.'s strategic focus" icon="camera-retro">
  **Strategic Focus:**

  * Livepeer Inc is laser-focused on demand generation and utility for the network, particularly in the AI video domain. Doug Petkanics (CEO) outlined that Inc’s core thesis is proving that builders will use Livepeer for AI-powered video applications because it’s the best option.

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    “The team is focused, funded, and running hard at the next major milestone: unlocking product-market fit… as the leading infrastructure for realtime AI video.”
  </FrameQuote>

  **Role in Ecosystem:**

  * Livepeer Inc acts as a pioneer and catalyst. By running a focused product strategy, Inc provides “proof of utility” for the network.
  * Livepeer Inc. Focuses on developing cutting-edge video products and core software to drive growth.

  <FrameQuote source="- Livepeer Inc. Team" frame={false} align="left">
    “Livepeer Inc’s work is critical… by building products that generate direct demand for the network, Inc provides proof of utility, inspiration, and compounding network effects (more demand → more usage → more infrastructure → more contributors)”
  </FrameQuote>

  **Products:**

  * [Livepeer Studio](https://livepeer.studio) (commercial API platform for developers)
  * [Daydream](https://daydream.live) (real-time generative AI video app)
</Accordion>

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### Livepeer Foundation

<span>
  Launched in mid-2025, the {" "}

  <LinkArrow label="Livepeer Foundation (LF)" href="https://blog.livepeer.org/introducing-the-livepeer-foundation/" target="_blank" newline={false} />

  {" "} is a non-profit entity created to *“to steward the long-term vision, ecosystem growth, and core development of the network”* complementing the work of Livepeer Inc.
</span>

<br />

<br />

{/* > “The Foundation represents a major step in Livepeer’s progressive decentralization, enabling broader participation and parallel progress to Livepeer Inc. By supporting and coordinating community-led projects, Livepeer's accelerates its growth.” */}

<FrameQuote author="Rich O’Grady" source="Launching the Livepeer Foundation" href="https://forum.livepeer.org/t/launching-the-livepeer-foundation/2849" align="center" borderColor="var(--accent)">
  "The LF’s role is to ensure that, over time, the Livepeer project builds a thriving ecosystem of founders, applications and gateways, and a highly-performant, secure network, truly accountable and governed by token holders." <br />
</FrameQuote>

<br />

The Livepeer Foundation is a strategic coordinator within the Livepeer ecosystem, and makes decisions in the following areas:

* Define strategic objectives for Livepeer
* Design initiatives to accelerate or steer progress towards objectives
* Drawing on available resources, recruit and coordinate task forces to execute on initiatives

{/* It does this through Advisory Boards are a mechanism to provide a clear pathway for ecosystem stakeholders to participate in strategy setting. They will try to ensure that the whole community has near-complete symmetry of information as it relates to opportunities within the ecosystem. */}

<br />

<Accordion title="See more about the Livepeer Foundation's Stewardship role" icon="camera-retro">
  ### Leadership & Stewardship

  * The Livepeer Foundation - led by [Rich O’Grady](https://linkedin.com/in/rich-ogrady-3400042/), is owned and governed by its members, who have the ability to vote on proposals and make decisions about the direction of the organisation.
  * Strategy is shaped through multi-stakeholder Advisory Boards (network operators, builders, community members, Inc., and domain experts) across Protocol, Network, Governance, and Markets/Demand.
  * The Foundation synthesizes this input into a long-term [roadmap](https://roadmap.livepeer.org/roadmap), budget, and defined workstreams, which are proposed to the community for approval.
  * Livepeer stakeholders (tokenholders, node operators, developers, and community members) vote on budgets, programs, and the Foundation’s board.
  * The Foundation then coordinates and executes on the approved strategy and workstreams with transparent, regular reporting back to its members.
  * The Foundation holds delegated LPT stake to participate in governance, but is one participant among many - it does not control the protocol or the treasury.

  <CenteredContainer preset="readable80">
    <Tip>
      You can join in the conversation on the
      {" "}<Icon icon="comment-pen" /> **[Livepeer Forum](https://forum.livepeer.org/c/foundation/14)**
      or weekly
      {" "}<Icon icon="tv-retro" /> **[Watercooler Chats](https://discord.com/events/423160867534929930/1394387788568203274)**
    </Tip>
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  ### Advisory Boards

  In June 2025, the Foundation launched four Advisory Boards to provide structured, community-informed strategic input. Each board drew on 45+ community survey responses and is composed of contributors from Livepeer Inc, the Foundation, orchestrators, gateway operators, and delegators.

  * Advisory Boards are small, domain-specific groups consisting of Livepeer core contributors, representing different parts of the Livepeer ecosystem.
  * Advisory Boards are formed every 6 months to build and update a coherent roadmap for the Livepeer project in conjunction with the broader community.
  * Advisory Boards do not make capital allocation decisions themselves. Token Holders still have to vote on each SPE when the team has been formed and the [proposal has been submitted onchain](https://explorer.livepeer.org/treasury).

  Advisory Boards are focused on four key areas of the Livepeer project:

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      Protocol architecture, performance, infrastructure priorities, and technical roadmap.
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    <Card title="Governance" icon="building-columns">
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    <Card title="Growth" icon="arrow-trend-up">
      Developer and gateway onboarding, ecosystem expansion, demand generation.
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    <Card title="Markets" icon="chart-line">
      Token economics, liquidity, exchange access, and market positioning.
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  ### Workstreams

  In August 2025, the Livepeer Foundation introduced **Workstreams** - nine focused execution areas that translate Advisory Board strategy into concrete, contributor-facing work. Each workstream has a phased roadmap (Now / Next / Beyond).

  <Tabs>
    <Tab title="Brand & Communication">
      **Ambition:** A leading, globally-recognised brand for video and AI infrastructure.

      Covers ecosystem messaging, content strategy, developer storytelling, and Livepeer's presence at events and in media. Relevant for community contributors, content creators, and technical writers.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="Livepeer Builders">
      **Ambition:** A community of high-value builders generating demand through new applications.

      Covers developer grants, hackathons, integration support, and onboarding new gateway operators and application developers into the ecosystem.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="Core Contributor Coordination">
      **Ambition:** A coordinated project roadmap attracting high-performing talent.

      Covers coordination between Livepeer Inc, Foundation teams, and independent SPEs. Entry point for contributors seeking to participate in funded ecosystem work.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="Ecosystem Data & Tooling">
      **Ambition:** The network's intelligence layer within a best-in-class Explorer.

      Covers the Livepeer Explorer, network dashboards (Growth, Governance, AI Compute Visualiser), Dune analytics, and monitoring tools for operators.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="LPT Participation">
      **Ambition:** Awareness around the economic opportunities of participating in Livepeer.

      Covers delegator education, staking interfaces, fiat on-ramps (LISAR SPE), and Live Pioneers community initiatives across 8+ languages.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="Core R&D">
      **Ambition:** A secure, adaptable core protocol with a unified developer experience.

      Covers go-livepeer development, API unification, protocol upgrades, and the LIP process.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="Real-Time Video AI">
      **Ambition:** The leading real-time video AI platform and community.

      Covers ComfyStream, AI-runner pipelines, BYOC containers, and onboarding AI application developers.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="Compute Marketplace">
      **Ambition:** A high-performance, dynamic compute marketplace.

      Covers GPU orchestrator onboarding, AI subnet performance, pricing visibility, and infrastructure tooling for node operators.
    </Tab>

    <Tab title="Active Capital Management">
      **Ambition:** An actively-managed treasury to fund new opportunities.

      Covers treasury diversification, SPE portfolio management, and capital deployment strategy. Coordinated by the Transformation SPE (approved September 2025).
    </Tab>
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  <Card title="Read the full Workstreams post" icon="arrow-right" href="https://forum.livepeer.org/t/introducing-workstreams-a-new-era-of-execution-for-the-livepeer-project/3030">
    The Foundation's August 2025 post outlines each workstream with its Now / Next / Beyond roadmap and how to get involved.
  </Card>

  ### Role in Ecosystem

  * The Foundation is responsible for the long-term health and decentralization of the Livepeer network.
  * The Foundation communitcates closely with the [Livepeer DAO](#livepeer-dao) for its initiatives to ensure it has its members’ trust and support.
  * Funds and coordinates the work of [Special Purpose Entities](#special-purpose-entities) (SPEs) - focused teams delivering long-term infrastructure, open-source software, and public goods.
  * The Foundation is a critical partner in driving the long-term success of the Livepeer network.

  ### Foundation phasing

  * **2025 - Foundation Phase:** Core operations, Advisory Boards, real-time video AI adoption
  * **2026–2027 - Scaling Phase:** Lead project marketing, diversify gateway infrastructure, scale demand
  * **2028+ - Decentralisation Phase:** Full brand stewardship and strategic governance transitions to the broader community

  **Further Reading**

  <span>
    <Icon icon="github" />

    {" "}

    <LinkArrow label="Livepeer Foundation Role" href="https://github.com/shtukaresearch/livepeer-data-geography/blob/651a56e8/roles/foundation.md#L1-L14" target="_blank" newline={false} />

    {" "}*- Andrew Macpherson Research Report*
  </span>
</Accordion>

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### Livepeer DAO

While not officially called the Livepeer DAO, the Livepeer protocol is governed by a collective of Livpeer (LP) tokenholders who decide on the direction of the network via [on-chain proposals](https://explorer.livepeer.org/voting) and an [on-chain treasury](https://explorer.livepeer.org/treasury).

As Rich O'Grady, Livepeer Foundation Lead, explains:

<FrameQuote source="Launching the Livepeer Foundation" href="https://forum.livepeer.org/t/launching-the-livepeer-foundation/2849" align="left">
  “The Livepeer community is the DAO. The Foundation is a critical partner in driving the long-term success of the Livepeer network, but it is the community that holds the final say in all matters via on-chain governance.” <br />
</FrameQuote>

DAO members are collectively the ultimate decision-makers of protocol upgrades, network growth proposals and treasury allocations.

Anyone who holds (and has delegated) Livepeer tokens (LPT) is a member of the Livepeer DAO and can participate in voting & governance.

<Note> Even if you are not a tokenholder (or do not have a non-zero delegated stake), you can still participate in the Livepeer ecosystem by joining the community and influencing the direction of the network indirectly through [discussions](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/about-the-governance-category/1059) and collaboration. </Note>

<br />

<Accordion title="See more about the Livepeer DAO" icon="camera-retro">
  **Role in Ecosystem**

  * The Livepeer DAO members are the ultimate decision-makers on all matters related to funding, protocol changes and ultimate product direction of the Livepeer network.
  * While Livepeer Inc. And the Livepeer Foundation may self-fund their own projects, all protocol and network changes require approval by the DAO.
  * The DAO votes on whether to fund Foundation Roadmap items, SPEs, Request for Proposals [(RFPs)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_proposal), and protocol upgrades in Livepeer Improvement Proposals [(LIPs)](https://github.com/livepeer/LIPs).

  **On-Chain Treasury**

  * In 2022, Livepeer launched the [On-Chain Treasury](/v2/delegators/guides/treasury/overview) to fund the long-term growth and sustainability of the network.
  * This treasury accumulates a portion of protocol fees (often called block rewards on other chains and also known as 'inflation' within Livepeer).
  * Livepeer tokenholders (the DAO members) vote on how to allocate these funds via on-chain proposals.

  **Governance**

  * The Livepeer community uses a [standardised governance framework](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/livepeer-governance-workstreams-govworks-whitepaper/3720) to ensure that all on-chain decisions are well-informed, transparent, and executed well.
  * Decisions are made by tokenholders via [on-chain proposals](https://explorer.livepeer.org/voting)
  * Any tokenholder can participate in governance by delegating their tokens to a delegator or running a delegate node themselves (see <LinkArrow label="Delegating LPT" href="/v2/delegators/delegation/overview" target="_blank" newline={false} />).

  **DAO Members**

  Livepeer DAO members include:

  * Orchestrators who have LPT staked as collateral on the Livepeer network
  * Delegators who have staked their LPT to an orchestrator (with votes generally following the orchestrator's vote)
  * Developers & Other Node operators (gateways)
  * Community members holding LPT (even if not delegating or actively participating as an actor in the network)
  * Other Tokenholders such as those that may also be part of Livepeer Inc., the Livepeer Foundation, SPEs or other Ecosystem projects.

  **Notable Decisions**

  * Approval of the [Confluence upgrade](https://medium.com/livepeer-blog/the-confluence-upgrade-is-live-3b6b342ea71e) (migrating to Arbitrum) via [LIP-73](https://github.com/livepeer/LIPs/blob/main/LIPs/LIP-0073.md)
  * Funding of the [AI Video SPE](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-spe-stage-3-pre-proposal/2693) (multiple stages funded by votes),
  * Grants to applications like [Lenstube](https://lenstube.com/) and [Dlive](https://dlive.tv/)
  * The **Livepeer DAO was a driving factor in establishing the Foundation and advisory boards**, with members pushing for more strategic use of the treasury in 2024 and 2025.

  <FrameQuote author="Rich O'Grady" source="Launching the Livepeer Foundation" href="https://forum.livepeer.org/t/launching-the-livepeer-foundation/2849" align="left">
    "Token holders want to see the onchain treasury deployed more strategically to drive more utility and earning potential from the token”
  </FrameQuote>
</Accordion>

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### Special Purpose Entities (SPEs)

Special Purpose Entities (SPEs) are mission-driven, community-funded teams formed to execute specific projects for the Livepeer network. They allow faster, focused progress on particular needs, funded by the on-chain treasury and accountable to token holders.

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  "SPEs are typically mission-driven groups that operate independently to build infrastructure, applications, or tooling that expand and improve the Livepeer protocol. These teams are funded through proposals to the onchain treasury and are accountable to the community."
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These teams provide agile, responsive, accountable and focused progress on ecosystem needs.
They allow Livepeer to innovate fast and move quickly on opportunities.

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  ***Role in Ecosystem***

  * SPEs execute on strategic initiatives voted on by the Livepeer DAO.
  * They are accountable to the community and must align with the long-term vision of the Livepeer network.
  * These teams provide agile, responsive, and accountable progress on ecosystem needs and allow Livepeer to *innovate fast* and move quickly on opportunities.

  ***SPE Model***

  * Funded by the Livepeer on-chain treasury via community votes
  * Accountable to the community and must align with the long-term vision of the Livepeer network
  * Provide agile, responsive, and accountable progress on ecosystem needs

  ***Governance***

  * SPEs are formed by a [RFP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_proposal) process and have a [DAO](#livepeer-dao)-mandated budget.
  * The Livpeer Foundation coordinates and oversees the operational and technical execution of the SPEs.
  * The SPEs report to the DAO via the [Livepeer Forum](https://forum.livepeer.org/c/special-purpose-entities/15) and [ProductLane](https://productlane.com/livepeer).

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  ***SPE Focus Areas***

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      SPEs may focus on:

      * Long-term infrastructure
      * Protocol development
      * Network-level capabilities
      * Ecosystem growth and adoption
      * Operational Leadership
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      * Research and Development
      * Product Management
      * Education and Outreach
      * Advocacy and Policy
      * Community Management
      * Public Goods
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  *... And any other area as identified by the Livepeer ecosystem, it's strategic goals and opportunities.*

  ***Notable SPEs***

  * [AI Video SPE](https://livepeer-ai.productlane.com/changelog) - one of the first and most important SPEs
    * Strategic Focus: Build out AI-first video infrastructure. The AI SPE is crucial for Livepeer’s goal to be *“the leading infrastructure for realtime AI video.”*
    * Status: Active <Icon icon="circle-arrow-up-right" iconType="solid" size={18} color="var(--accent)" />
    * Impact:
      * Helped Livepeer pivot from solely transcoding into broader compute.
      * By Stage 2, the SPE reported successfully running new AI use cases on testnet, and
      * By Stage 3, built BYOC and comfystream to scale this work.

  * [Livepeer Cloud SPE](https://livepeer-cloud.productlane.com/changelog):
    * Strategic Focus: Build out cloud-native video infrastructure & address the issues of *“over-reliance on a few demand sources.”*
    * Status: Active <Icon icon="circle-arrow-up-right" iconType="solid" size={18} color="var(--accent)" />
    * Impact: The Livepeer Cloud SPE built the [Community Gateway](https://livepeer.com/gateway) and also builds tooling and analytics for orchestrators.

  * [Streamplace SPE](https://livepeer-streamplace.productlane.com/changelog):
    * Strategic Focus: Build a public goods video layer for social networks and Web3 apps.
    * Status: Active <Icon icon="circle-arrow-up-right" iconType="solid" size={18} color="var(--accent)" />
    * Impact: The Streamplace SPE is building a video layer for social networks and Web3 apps.
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- Livepeer Inc.
- Core Teams & Function
- Livepeer Foundation
- Core Teams & Function
- Livepeer Network
- gateways, orchestrators, delegators
- Livepeer Ecosystem Projects
- use livepeer: daydream etc.
- Livepeer Partner Companies
- Do more with Livepeer with our partners -> storage, security etc.
- Livepeer Enterprise

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