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From CRED To WhatsApp: Kunal Shah Takes Global Role At Meta

Meta has appointed CRED founder Kunal Shah as the new global head of WhatsApp while simultaneously investing about $900 million in the fintech company at a valuation of $4.5 billion.

The move is notable not only because of Shah's transition from startup founder to global technology executive, but also because it ties together leadership succession, platform strategy, and investment in one of India's most closely watched fintech companies.

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Shah will succeed Will Cathcart, who has led WhatsApp since 2019 and will move into a new role within Meta focused on building new products.

The appointment places an Indian startup founder at the helm of one of the world's largest digital platforms, serving more than three billion users globally.

Announcing the decision, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, said, "Kunal Shah will join Meta as WhatsApp's next leader. Kunal built Cred into one of India's...

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21,000 Oracle jobs vanish amid Big Red's big bets on AI

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Groq’s $650M raise: rebuilding after the Nvidia deal

Groq has confirmed a $650mn raise to rebuild itself as an AI inference cloud, six months after Nvidia paid out its investors and hired away its founder. The Groq $650M round is a bet that purpose-built chips still beat GPUs. Groq spent years as one of the loudest challengers to

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