Vijaye Raji named CTO of Applications after Statsig acquisition

Vijaye Raji will become CTO of Applications, stepping into the role following the acquisition of Statsig, and will report to Fidji Simo, CEO of Applications.

The announcement confirms two things at once: a senior leadership change and the closing of an acquisition. Raji moves into the CTO position with a direct reporting line to Simo, placing the role inside the Applications organization rather than as an independent corporate CTO seat.

The acquisition of Statsig is the stated trigger for the move. Raji's elevation is tied directly to the deal, according to the announcement, meaning the executive reshuffle and the acquisition are being presented as a single, connected decision rather than two separate personnel events.

For the Applications organization, the change consolidates technical leadership under Simo's org. Raji, as CTO of Applications, will sit one level below the CEO of Applications in the reporting structure the announcement describes.

The structure matters for how the company allocates technical decision-making. A CTO of Applications reporting to a CEO of Applications signals that product and engineering strategy for the applications business flows through a single chain, with Simo at the top and Raji owning the technical agenda beneath her.

Statsig's arrival within that structure is the operative fact of the story. The acquisition brings the company into Raji's remit as he takes the title, and the announcement frames his new role as a consequence of that deal closing.

Executive appointments tied to acquisitions often indicate how the acquired technology will be absorbed: leadership changes announced alongside a deal typically map responsibility for integration onto a named individual. Here, that individual is Raji, and his mandate sits inside the Applications organization under Simo.

The announcement does not specify Raji's prior role, the financial terms of the Statsig acquisition, or a start date for the new position. What it does establish is the reporting relationship — Raji to Simo — and the causal link between the acquisition and the appointment.

Raji's first tasks in the role will presumably center on Statsig, given that the announcement names the acquisition as the context for his appointment. How quickly the deal's technology lands inside the Applications portfolio, and what Simo's org does with it next, are the questions that will define this reshuffle in practice.