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WeChat

Elon Musk wants to build an ‘Everything App’—here’s how the world’s most popular one works

With more than 1.3 billion monthly active users who rely on it to send texts, make payments, buy tickets and access the news, Tencent’s WeChat serves as a blueprint for what Musk’s “everything app” could become.

  • By Siladitya Ray
  • Forbes Staff
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