Meta taps MongoDB CEO Desai to drive enterprise AI push
META•Meta hired MongoDB CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai to lead a new business bringing its AI tools to corporate customers. MongoDB shares fell 18% in morning trading after the company named former CEO Dev Ittycheria interim chief executive.
1. Meta’s enterprise AI push
Meta said it would offer its AI models, agents and tools to businesses through its new Meta Enterprise Platform, including Muse, Meta Business Agent and coding tools. Desai will report directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg as chief enterprise platform officer and focus on turning Meta’s AI technology into products and services for companies.
2. MongoDB names interim CEO
MongoDB appointed former CEO Dev Ittycheria interim chief executive as it searches for a permanent replacement. Desai took over from Ittycheria less than a year ago. Piper Sandler called Desai’s departure disappointing but said MongoDB remained strategically well-positioned and described the share-price reaction as overdone.
3. Desai’s prior roles
Before joining MongoDB, Desai led product and engineering at Cloudflare and spent nearly eight years at ServiceNow, including as president and chief operating officer. Meta launched Muse earlier this month as a personal AI agent designed to handle tasks such as shopping, booking travel, sending emails and making payments.
