WeChat

includes WeChat Pay

4 statements across 4 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Mar 18, 2016 by Puneet Mehta · said 27 times in 20 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Mar 18, 2016 positive
Opinion
Mehta: WeChat and WhatsApp represent ideal platforms for AI applications
“When I saw the messaging revolution essentially take off with what WeChat is doing in China, and what businesses are trying to do by using WhatsApp in India, you know, instead of giving their phone number, they now give you their WhatsApp ID. And I was like, o…”
Puneet Mehta Mar 18, 2016 ▶ 2:54 Pre-YC Demo Day: Msg.ai's Puneet Mehta on The Rise of AI, The Potential For Messaging and Life As A Current YC Startup
May 29, 2018 bullish
Opinion
Tencent's WeChat is likely the world's most valuable digital asset
“Tencent's WeChat was created on mobile, and it's probably the most valuable digital asset in the world today.”
Glenn Solomon May 29, 2018 ▶ 6:06 20VC: Lessons From Slack and Opendoor on Price Sensitivity, Why The Best CEOs Are Able To Manage Momentum and Why Being A Board Member is a "Full Contact Sport" with Glenn Solomon, Managing Partner @ GGV Capital
Mar 3, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Krieger: WeChat solved technical challenges on par with Facebook's scale
“People love talking about the, like the super app and we chat, and there was some technical challenges solved by those at scale that were of the same scale of challenges that Facebook was challenged was doing.”
Mike Krieger Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 32:40 Mike Krieger, Instagram CoFounder & Anthropic CPO: Where Will Value Be Created in an AI World?|E1265 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 12, 2026
Assertion Partly supported
Franceschetti: Chinese consumers buy through super-apps, not traditional websites
“Chinese don't buy on websites. There is no e-commerce as we know it. They only buy on their super apps. So on WeChat, Red Note, and Equivalent.”
Matteo Franceschetti Sep 12, 2026 ▶ 28:46 Labour, Engineering, Social Media, GrokBots, Cybercabs: 7 Predictions for How AI Changes the World
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