Jack Conte

Conte began his career as a video game voice actor, contributing the voice for all teen male sims in the 2004 bestseller The Sims 2.

In 2007, Conte created his YouTube channel to upload music videos inspired by the Dogme 95 movement. He gained widespread attention when his video Yeah Yeah Yeah was featured on YouTube's front page. Most of Conte's music videos follow a format called "VideoSongs", defined by two rules: no lip-syncing for instruments or voice ("what you see is what you hear") and no hidden sounds ("if you hear it, at some point you see it").

In 2008, Conte formed the band Pomplamoose with Nataly Dawn, who later became his wife. The band garnered significant fan support, primarily through their YouTube videos.

Much of Conte's work has been met with positive reviews, citing evocative lyrics in Sleep in Color and creative delivery of his VideoSongs. However, Conte's music was reviewed less favorably by Amplifier: "Hints of Conor Oberst, Radiohead, Patrick Watson, contemporary punk rock (screamo), radio power pop, and incalculable other singer songwriters are more than borrowed, making for a short mishmash of electro rock."

On May 7, 2013, Conte announced the launch of Patreon with co-founder Samuel Yam. Conte has compared his company to Kickstarter, but "for people who release stuff on a regular basis."

In 2022, Conte formed the synth-pop band Magaziine.

In 2023, Conte started the 'Digital Spaghetti' YouTube channel and Patreon page.

On June 3, 2026, as Patreon's CEO Conte responded to the Bricks & Minifigs–Reckless Ben controversy in a YouTube video. "

Conte was born in San Francisco and grew up in Marin County, California where he attended Mark Day School and The Branson School. He studied music and composition at Stanford University, graduating in 2006. Conte and Nataly Dawn engaged in January 2016 and married in May 2016.