Who are the co-founders of YouTube?

YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees:

1. **Steve Chen**: He was one of the earliest employees at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim.

2. **Chad Hurley**: He was also a former PayPal employee who co-founded YouTube with Chen and Karim.

3. **Jawed Karim**: He is another former PayPal employee who collaborated with Chen and Hurley to create YouTube.

Together, they launched YouTube in February 2005, and it quickly became one of the most popular platforms for sharing and viewing video content on the internet.