Meta chief strategy officer Dave Wehner exits to AI startup Fireworks as CFO
nordicinst · x · 2026-11-08
Dave Wehner, Meta's chief strategy officer and former CFO, is leaving the company to join Fireworks, the four-year-old AI startup led by Lin Qiao, as its new CFO — another high-profile departure from Big Tech into AI.
Announcing the move on X, Wehner said he has grown increasingly bullish on what Fireworks is building, calling its mission "the right mission for the moment" and praising the depth of its technical talent.
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