Founder of a listed tool
Jan Koum
Co-founder, WhatsApp, named behind the WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Jan builds
WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) B · Messaging APIs
Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform Cloud API sends and receives WhatsApp messages for a business phone number through the Graph API, with inbound messages and status updates arriving by webhook. Access uses a Meta developer app and OAuth access tokens.
Co-founder, WhatsApp, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Alexander Davenport Director of Product Marketing, monetization interfaces and advertiser tools
- Andrew McCollum Co-founder, Facebook (now Meta Platforms)
- Brian Acton Co-founder, WhatsApp
- Chris Hughes Co-founder, Facebook (now Meta Platforms)
- Dustin Moskovitz Co-founder, Facebook (now Meta Platforms)
- Eduardo Saverin Co-founder, Facebook (now Meta Platforms)
- Lauren Krainski Senior Product Manager, WhatsApp Business Messaging Platform
- Mark Zuckerberg Founder, Meta
Questions
Who is Jan Koum?
Jan Koum co-founded WhatsApp with Brian Acton, a fellow former Yahoo employee, and incorporated WhatsApp Inc. in California in February 2009. He was its chief executive through Facebook's 2014 acquisition and announced in April 2018 that he was leaving.
What does Meta Platforms, Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) from Meta Platforms, Inc.. Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform Cloud API sends and receives WhatsApp messages for a business phone number through the Graph API, with inbound messages and status updates arriving by webhook. Access uses a Meta developer app and OAuth access tokens.
How are Jan's tools graded?
WhatsApp Business Platform (Cloud API) is graded B, 67.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (8)
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenkrainski/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenkrainski
- https://business.whatsapp.com
- https://www.whatsapp.com
- https://developers.facebook.com/
- https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/support/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp
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