Meta hires MongoDB CEO to launch enterprise AI platform
Meta has hired CJ Desai, until now the CEO of MongoDB, to run its new enterprise AI division, Meta Enterprise Platform. Desai will report directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and lead a team aiming to sell Meta’s AI tools—like personal assistant Muse and business agent APIs—to companies and developers. MongoDB’s stock dropped up to 17% after Desai’s abrupt exit, and former CEO Dev Ittycheria is back as interim chief executive.
- CJ Desai leaves MongoDB to join Meta
- Desai leads Meta Enterprise Platform as chief enterprise officer
- Platform offers AI assistants and tools to developers
- MongoDB shares dropped 14–17% on Desai’s exit
- Dev Ittycheria returns as MongoDB interim CEO
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How it unfolded
- CNBC Meta hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai, sending shares of data services company down
- Economic Times Tech MongoDB CEO Chirantan Desai steps down to lead Meta's enterprise platform
- TechCrunch Meta launches enterprise AI platform, hires MongoDB CEO to lead new initiative
- The New Stack Meta hired MongoDB’s CEO to build its enterprise AI business — but Llama is missing
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