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> The founders, however, were never interested in an ad business and hold that POV to this day. Fair enough, but the founders don't necessarily make these deci
by robertlagrant 1y ago
> The founders, however, were never interested in an ad business and hold that POV to this day.
Fair enough, but the founders don't necessarily make these decisions. I wasn't particularly referring to them. If they got VC money (I don't know if they did or not) then the VCs must've had something in mind to get a decent return on their risk.
- otterley 1y agoThey did have VC funding from Sequoia Capital. (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/whatsapp/financial_details https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/whatsapp/financial_d...)