Meta taps MongoDB CEO Desai to lead new enterprise AI platform

September 28, 2026 8:55 AM EDT

Sept 28 (Reuters) - ‌Meta Platforms ​on ​Monday appointed MongoDB's CEO Chirantan "CJ" Desai to lead ‌its new offering designed to bring ⁠the social media company's AI tools ‌to businesses.

Shares of MongoDB ‌fell 20% in premarket trading after the company said Desai ​will step down as chief executive officer after a tenure ⁠of less than a year.

Desai took over the ​role in November from Dev Ittycheria. MongoDB has appointed Ittycheria ​as interim president ‌and CEO and has begun searching for a permanent ⁠CEO.

Meta said it is bringing its AI models, agents and tools ⁠to businesses through the new Meta Enterprise ​Platform, including its Muse agent, Meta Business Agent and coding tools.

MongoDB provides a ‌database software used by businesses to build and run ‌applications, with tools for data ⁠management, search, ‌analytics and AI.

(Reporting ​by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru; Editing by Sahal ‌Muhammed)



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