TECH - Telegram's Pavel Durov Recalls 'Funny' 2009 Meeting With Mark Zuckerberg: 'They Ended Up Trying To Copy Not What We Did But What I Told Them We Did' | Benzinga
Pavel Durov, the founder of the popular messaging and social media platform Telegram, had a run-in with Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a meeting in 2009 that subtly shaped their futures in the tech industry but also led to a lot of competitive mistrust between the two entrepreneurs.
What Happened: Durov reminisced about the encounter in an interview with Tucker Carlson in April, highlighting the initial excitement and subsequent competitive undertones.
“We met with Mark more than 10 years ago. I was still running VK, and I told Mark and his colleagues about our app platform,” Durov said, adding a touch of humor about the outcome, “They ended up trying to copy not what we did, but what I told them we did. It was funny.”