WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton Injects $50 Million in Newly Formed Signal Foundation

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has taken on the leadership of the non-profit behind that popular encryption app—and given it a serious injection of cash. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a8cb040f721ce73ee3afc78/master/pass/BrianActonSignal2_RTX2QFU4.jpg

WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton is leaving the company

WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton is planning to leave the company he helped create. Acton described his motivation to leave WhatsApp in a Facebook post Tuesday evening. Acton will officially leave the company in November and transition his responsibilities to other engineers at the company, a source familiar with the matter told VentureBeat. “I’ve decided to […]