Meta Taps MongoDB CEO Desai to Drive Enterprise AI Push (reuters.com)
(Monday September 28, 2026 @05:00PM (BeauHD)
from the Zuck-goes-B2B dept.)
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- News link: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/09/28/1743253/meta-taps-mongodb-ceo-desai-to-drive-enterprise-ai-push
- Source link: https://www.reuters.com/technology/mongodb-ceo-desai-steps-down-lead-metas-enterprise-platform-2026-09-28/
Meta has [1]hired MongoDB CEO Chirantan "CJ" Desai to lead a new enterprise AI business aimed at turning Meta's models, agents and tools into products companies can deploy themselves. Reuters reports:
> Desai, a veteran technology executive, took over the role from Dev Ittycheria. MongoDB has appointed Ittycheria as interim CEO as it searches for a permanent replacement. "While the departure is disappointing, we believe MongoDB remains well-positioned strategically and view the share-price reaction as overdone," brokerage Piper Sandler said in a note.
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> [...] Desai will directly report to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the newly created role of chief enterprise platform officer and will focus on turning the company's AI stack into products and services that companies can deploy for their own businesses. Before joining MongoDB, Desai led product and engineering at Cloudflare and spent nearly eight years at ServiceNow, including as president and chief operating officer.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/mongodb-ceo-desai-steps-down-lead-metas-enterprise-platform-2026-09-28/
> Desai, a veteran technology executive, took over the role from Dev Ittycheria. MongoDB has appointed Ittycheria as interim CEO as it searches for a permanent replacement. "While the departure is disappointing, we believe MongoDB remains well-positioned strategically and view the share-price reaction as overdone," brokerage Piper Sandler said in a note.
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> [...] Desai will directly report to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in the newly created role of chief enterprise platform officer and will focus on turning the company's AI stack into products and services that companies can deploy for their own businesses. Before joining MongoDB, Desai led product and engineering at Cloudflare and spent nearly eight years at ServiceNow, including as president and chief operating officer.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/technology/mongodb-ceo-desai-steps-down-lead-metas-enterprise-platform-2026-09-28/
Slashdot (Score:5, Insightful)
by Valgrus Thunderaxe ( 8769977 )
Since most readers here use ad-blockers, you should disclose in the summary that MongoDB is paying you for a prominent advertisement on your site.
I keep hoping that some day (Score:2)
by LindleyF ( 9395567 )
A big company will hire a CEO named Dat Ash. I look forward to the headlines.
Re: (Score:1)
by Anonymous Coward
I'll bet Gnome has more employees than this. What a useless POS.
Very clever move move from Mark Zuckerberg (Score:4, Informative)
Very clever move from Mark Zuckerberg because mongoDB is web scale thus perfect for the meta-verse.
See meta-verse explanatory video here:
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2F-DItXtZs