Former WhatsApp exec regrets selling the app to Facebook

Neeraj Arora said the current version of WhatsApp is “just a shadow of what we wanted to build”

Story byIvan Mehta

Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.“Ivan covers Big Tech, India, policy, AI, security, platforms, and apps for TNW. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh.”

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