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WhatsApp Powers Indian Businesses
- Kira's food business in India depends nearly entirely on WhatsApp for orders and customer communication.
- About 15 million businesses in India similarly rely on WhatsApp as their main platform for conducting business.
WhatsApp Is India's Internet
- WhatsApp is integral to everyday life in India, acting as the internet for 400 million users.
- It is embedded deeply in social, economic, and political infrastructures worldwide.
WhatsApp Founders Reject Google
- Google offered WhatsApp $10 million, then $100 million; founders declined both offers.
- This refusal highlighted the founders' resistance to big company control and desire to maintain independence.