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The world's leading free instant messaging service
At a glance
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Menlo Park, United States
- Sector
- Telecom
- Power Law
- Decacorn$10B+ valuation tier
Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.
Alumni founders
Former WhatsApp employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Paul LafforgueFrance
CRCrossmintEst. 2021
Alfonso Gómez-Jordana MañasUnited States
Vic YehUnited StatesGlobal footprint
team presence
across markets
Patents
6,041 active patent families included in this estimate.
A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.
Market sentiment
An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about WhatsApp on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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