Nov 17 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday that WhatsApp and Messenger would fuel the company’s next wave of sales growth, as he sought to assuage concerns. about Meta’s finances after its first mass layoffs. .

Addressing pointed questions at a company-wide meeting a week after Meta said it would lay off 11,000 workers, Zuckerberg described the messaging app pair as “very early in monetization” compared to its advertising giants Facebook and Instagram. , according to the comments heard. by Reuters.

“We talk a lot about very long-term opportunities like the metaverse, but the reality is that business messaging will probably be the next mainstay of our business as we work to monetize WhatsApp and Messenger…