WhatsApp was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, US
Key People at WhatsApp
Jan Koum
Co-Founder & CEO
Brian Acton
Co-Founder
Matt Idema
Chief Operating Officer
WhatsApp Office Locations
WhatsApp has an office in Mountain View
Mountain View, US (HQ)
650 Castro Street, Suite 120-219
WhatsApp Data and Metrics
WhatsApp Summary
Founding Date | 2009 |
Total Funding | $60.3 m |
Investors | Sequoia Capital |
In total, WhatsApp had raised $60.3 m. WhatsApp is a subsidiary of Facebook
WhatsApp Median Salaries
Source: 53 public H-1B filings from WhatsApp
Competitors
Traffic Overview of WhatsApp
WhatsApp Online and Social Media Presence
WhatsApp News and Updates
May 15, 2017
Fake WhatsApp.com URL gets users to install adware
Next time someone links you to whatsapp.com, make sure you take a second look. There’s some adware currently circulating around the web by tricking users to visit a ‘шһатѕарр.com’ domain instead. Yes, those are different URLs – the fake URL uses characters from the Cyrillic alphabet. As spotted by r…
May 10, 2017
Opera adds WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger right into the browser
Opera wants to make your browser social.
Earlier this year, Opera launched a new experimental browser called Neon, which imagined a complete redesign of Opera. Now, the company is adding some of Neon's features into their main browser in a redesign codenamed "Reborn."
Reborn was built with the i…
May 10, 2017
Opera bakes Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram chat right into your browser
Opera’s latest update for its desktop browser makes its easier to stay on top of conversations from various messaging apps, by baking their services right into the app. Fire up Opera and you’ll now be able to access Facebook’s Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram right from the browser’s sidebar. You ca…
May 10, 2017
Opera’s desktop browser now features quick access to Messenger, WhatsApp and Telegram
Opera has been working on a complete redesign of its desktop browser for a few months. Codenamed “Reborn”, the browser is now available as a stable release. All Opera users are going to receive the update automatically in the coming days. The most visible new feature is quick access to messaging ap…
May 08, 2017
WhatsApp is totally dominating video calling, too
WhatsApp users are spending a lot of time on video calls. Together, the app's 1.2 billion users are spending more than 340 million minutes a day making more than 55 million video calls, WhatsApp announced.
SEE ALSO: Soon you'll be able to make payments using WhatsApp in India
To mark the milesto…
May 08, 2017
WhatsApp quietly added encryption to iCloud backups
WhatsApp has quietly beefed up the security of an iCloud backup feature for users of its messaging service — potentially closing a loophole that could enable otherwise end-to-end encrypted messages to become accessible in a readable form. Read More