CEO, Meta
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO (former) | Meta | ABC News Technology, Forbes Australia, Square Peg Capital portfolio, Square Peg Capital, TechCrunch Venture, SmartCompany, Startup Daily |
| CEO (former) | Meta (Facebook) | techreviewadvisor.com, untaylored.com |
| Chief Executive (former) · Founder | Hyper Startup Studio, thefamouspeople.com, Our Innovation Fund, Startup Daily (Thu 29 Apr 2021), Startup Daily (Fri 22 May 2020), about.fb.com, Startup Daily (Mon 28 Oct 2019), wired.com, The Guardian Australia - Technology, investor.atmeta.com |
Stories naming Mark Zuckerberg. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Markets live blog covering rising oil prices, a higher ASX open, weak LVMH quarterly sales, analysis of Firmus Technologies' failed float, and an analyst's bullish view of Meta's new AI models.
Profile of Snap's CEO and his costly, long-running bet on AR smartglasses, the spurned Facebook takeover offer, Meta's dominance in AI eyewear, and activist investors pushing for change.
A Hyper reflection on how founders refine rough ideas through early customer feedback, citing Zuckerberg and its Accelerate process, and recalling that portfolio company Empiraa has raised $3 million.
A retrospective explainer on WhatsApp's ownership: its 2009 founding, Meta's roughly $19 billion takeover in 2014, the founders' later departures, privacy disputes, and the app's scale and estimated value under Meta.
Square Peg's half-year investor letter reviews its accelerating AI investing, portfolio companies' progress including several completed raises, listed fund returns, a new data hire, and ongoing fundraising for its 2025 vintage funds.
In its half-year letter, Square Peg explains how it picks AI founders, reports several portfolio companies' recent raises, flags a data engineering hire, and says fundraising for its next funds is well advanced.
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Biographical profile of Randi Zuckerberg covering her Facebook career, her media company, books, television work and family; no funding activity is reported.
Linktree launches a feature letting creators embed their Threads profile and posts on their Linktree pages, following its recent Snap partnership and Threads' rapid user growth.
OIF's blog republishes an AFR report: Inspace has banked a $6 million round backed by B Capital and OIF, plans AI features and US growth, while proptech peers :Different and Yabonza have failed.
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US tech giants are slowing or pausing hiring, while Atlassian says it will keep hiring toward 25,000 staff by 2026, according to a republished Information Age report.
Daily tech roundup covering Alphabet and Microsoft quarterly results, Songtradr's purchase of Tunefind, Facebook banning Craig Kelly, and NSW consultation on food delivery rider insurance.
Also Startup Daily
Tech roundup covering Apple and Google's contact-tracing API fixing CovidSafe, Afterpay's US user growth, Tesla dropping a lawsuit, and Bevan Slattery selling a third of his Megaport stake for $65 million.
Roundup covering Faraday Grid's collapse and asset sale, Nitro's possible listing, Facebook's ex-Australia chief criticising Zuckerberg, free Sydney heart checks, and Catalysr's Melbourne accelerator applications.
WIRED republishes its 2014 profile of WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum, covering his path from Ukraine to Silicon Valley, Sequoia's investments, and Facebook's $19 billion takeover, published as he departs over privacy disagreements.
Facebook has announced its biggest acquisition, buying messaging app WhatsApp for $19bn in cash and shares. The piece also recalls Google's reported $1bn bid, Facebook's failed Snapchat offer, and Google's Nest purchase.