Dave Wehner, the former chief financial officer of Meta, has announced his departure from the company to join the AI startup Fireworks. Wehner served at Meta for 14 years, holding the position of finance chief from 2014 to 2022.
At Fireworks, Wehner will take on the role of chief financial officer. According to Fireworks CEO Lin Qiao, his primary responsibilities will include scaling the company's financial operations and business infrastructure.
Fireworks operates as a platform focused on AI training and inference. The company is significantly smaller than industry giants such as Meta, which has a market valuation of $1,6 trillion, as well as competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic.
The startup recently faced a security challenge. Last month, Fireworks reported an incident where an unauthorized party gained access to internal credentials, affecting environment variables in a limited number of customer accounts.
