The media learned about Google's interest in Telegram

The founder of Telegram messenger Pavel Durov and Google General Director Sundar Pichai met in May 2015 to discuss the messengers market. At this meeting, Google rated Telegram at $ 1 billion, the “secret of the company”reports with reference to a source close to Telegram and several investors in the venture market. Two friends of Durov confirmed this information of RBC, adding that Google considered the possibility of buying a messenger.

Durov himself refused to comment on the information about the meeting, while noting that the cooperation of Telegram and Google was not talking about.

Telegram messenger was launched in 2013. It was positioned as a service with a fully encrypted correspondence; Durov also repeatedly emphasized that he was not going to interact with the governments of any countries and provide them with the contents of user correspondence.

In 2015, Durov stated that about $ 1 million per month was spent on the maintenance and development of the messenger. At the same time, he noted that he spends his own funds and does not attract third -party investors.

The number of active Telegram users in February 2016 reached 100 million. The audience of the most popular at the moment of the WhatsApp messenger (belongs to Facebook) exceeds 1 billion users.