# Meta Strategy Chief Leaves for Fireworks AI CFO Role

> Meta's chief strategy officer Dave Wehner joins Fireworks AI as CFO after 10 years at the company.
- Title: Meta Strategy Chief Leaves for Fireworks AI CFO Role
- Summary: Meta's chief strategy officer Dave Wehner joins Fireworks AI as CFO after 10 years at the company.
- Keywords: meta, fireworks ai, dave wehner, cfo, ai inference, series d funding, valuation, Startup Fortune
- Source: Startup Fortune — https://startupfortune.com/meta-strategy-chief-dave-wehner-leaves-to-become-cfo-of-fireworks-ai
- Published: 2026-11-07T18:32:56+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: meta, fireworks ai, dave wehner, cfo, ai inference, series d funding, valuation, startups, business
## Dave Wehner's Move
Dave Wehner, Meta's chief strategy officer, leaves to become CFO of Fireworks AI.
## Wehner's Background
Wehner was Facebook's and then Meta's CFO from 2014 until November 2022.
## Fireworks AI Details
Fireworks AI is an inference and model-serving startup valued at $17.5 billion in a $1.505 billion Series D round.
## Valuation Growth
Fireworks' valuation quadrupled from $4 billion in October 2025 to $17.5 billion in July 2026.
## Wehner's Role at Fireworks
Wehner will focus on scaling Fireworks' finances and operations.
## Meta's AI Spending
Meta spends tens of billions annually on AI infrastructure, including data centers and chips.
## Why Wehner Left
Wehner believes Fireworks' model of renting AI capacity by the token has more value than Meta's in-house approach.

> Wehner wrote on X that Fireworks has the right mission for the moment and that he has become increasingly bullish on what the company is building.
## Key takeaway

Dave Wehner, Meta's former CFO, becomes CFO of Fireworks AI, a $17.5 billion valuation startup specializing in AI inference models.