Meta strategy chief Dave Wehner resigns to join AI startup Fireworks
Dave Wehner, Meta's chief strategy officer, left the company to join Fireworks, an AI startup focused on inference and training of open models. Wehner will join as chief financial officer, tasked with strengthening financial management and expanding operations, according to CEO Lin Qiao in a statement to CNBC. Fireworks, four years old, reached a valuation of about $17.5 billion in a Series D round in July. Wehner joined Facebook in 2011 and served as CFO from 2014.
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- Wehner leaves Meta to become CFO of Fireworks, an AI startup specialized in open models.
- Fireworks reached a valuation of nearly $17.5 billion in a Series D round in July.
- Wehner joined Facebook in 2011 and held the CFO role from 2014.
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