[As Rick, the Network AB Chair, is taking some much deserved time off, I am announcing the Network AB Membership which was previously put forward by him.]
The Livepeer Foundation is forming Advisory Boards to create a clear and credible pathway for ecosystem stakeholders to participate in strategic planning.
Today the Foundation announces the preliminary structure, key areas of focus and strategic context of the Network Advisory Board (NAB).
The NAB will play a critical role in shaping the technical and operational future of the Livepeer protocol. Its focus is on building a highly-performant, resilient, and developer-friendly network layer that can scale to meet demand from real-time video AI and broader decentralized video infrastructure.
Key Focus Areas
To keep the board’s scope clear and focused, its work can be organized around three strategic pillars. These reflect the core components of Livepeer’s infrastructure that are essential to network performance, usability, and transparency:
(1) Supply & Network Performance
Focused on maintaining and scaling the compute and protocol layer. This includes orchestrator participation, GPU availability, protocol reliability, and ensuring a performant, stable network under increasing demand.
(2) Gateway & Developer Experience
Concerned with how builders and applications access the network. Covers gateway decentralization, onboarding flows, developer tooling (APIs, SDKs, CLI), and improving documentation and support for integration.
(3) Observability & Data Infrastructure
Focused on transparency and diagnostics. Encompasses real-time visibility into job flow, network health, usage metrics, and ecosystem-wide data availability for both operational insight and strategic planning.
These pillars serve as an organizing lens for the board’s discussions and recommendations — helping ensure that all aspects of the network’s health and evolution are meaningfully addressed.
Advisory Board Membership
Based on current submissions, I propose the following structure to ensure a strategically capable, well-balanced, and representative cohort of ecosystem stakeholders.
- Chair, Rick Staa (Livepeer Foundation)
Responsible for facilitating the board, maintaining momentum, and publishing final recommendations. - Product Expert, Hunter Hillman (Livepeer Inc) - brings insight into the competitive landscape and current product constraints, and ensures network decisions support product builders, gateways, and a diverse range of emerging use cases.
- Engineering Representative, Josh Allman (Livepeer Inc) - provides deep context on the current network stack, technical limitations, and roadmap alignment for a performant and developer-friendly network.
- Ecosystem Engineer & Orchestrator, Brad Perrin (Non-Inc) - a technical core contributor from outside Livepeer Inc and the Foundation who pairs deep protocol knowledge with operational experience as an active orchestrator.
- Independent Founder, Fatuma.eth - an independent technical founder with direct, hands-on experience building on the Livepeer network. They bring a deep understanding of the network’s capabilities and limitations from a builder’s perspective —surfacing real-world developer needs, usability gaps, and adoption challenges.
- Domain Expert, Yondon Fu (Livepeer Core Contributor) - brings a wealth of experience as a founder of the Livepeer project, author of many LIPs and creator of Comfystream, they also provide additional depth in areas such as AI workloads and large-scale video infrastructure.
Summary Recommendation
This proposed 6-person board balances deep technical expertise with product vision, community representation, and ecosystem awareness. It draws on core protocol contributors, ecosystem engineers, orchestrators, and builder-aligned voices — combining strategic insight with real-world operational experience. The inclusion of one or two domain experts will add critical perspective, helping to prevent the network from developing in a silo and ensuring alignment with broader industry trends.
Together, this group is well-positioned to define credible, forward-looking strategy and help shape a clear, inclusive, and execution-ready roadmap — setting a strong precedent for future Advisory Board cohorts.
Next Steps
Community Survey - until June 6th
The survey covers key challenges and opportunities facing Livepeer, domain-specific priorities, and your vision for where the project should be in five years. Your responses will help shape concrete strategic recommendations and ensure the Advisory Boards’ work aligns with community priorities rather than operating in isolation. You can fill in here: Community Survey: Shape the Future of Livepeer
Onboarding & Pre Work - until June 13th
Starting this week, all members will be onboarded to the different Advisory Boards. This will include a briefing of key network and ecosystem data and the results of the Community Survey (above)
Advisory Boards Begin - June 16th
The first formal week of the Advisory Board process will commence looking at the core strategic pillars and long-term vision for the network.
Congrats to all the new Advisory Board members. Excited to get going 
Rich [On behalf of Rick, Chair of the Network Advisory Board]