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Desai left MongoDB after 11 months, forfeiting most of a $32 million equity grant.
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Hot damn, Meta poached the CEO of a $35B, publicly traded company, MondoDB to lead their enterprise AI efforts… CJ Desai joined MongoDB 11 months ago for a $32M equity grant - and left before the 1 year mark!! By leaving, he gave up most of the equity…. V bad news for MongoDBRead original on X
We believe superintelligence will create significant new opportunities for all people and businesses. Meta already serves billions of people at scale and helps hundreds of millions of businesses reach customers. Today we are starting the next major pillar of our business, Meta Enterprise Platform, to help businesses use AI to grow and transform in new ways as well.Read original on X
SITUATION DETECTED: Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Enterprise Platform. It will be run by Chirantan “CJ” Desai, who is leaving as CEO of MongoDB and will report directly to Mark.Read original on X
Mark really buried the lede… In his 3rd tweet in the thread about building an enterprise AI business, he notes that he poached the ceo of a $30B public company (MongoDB) to lead itRead original on X
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