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Instagram<\/a> co-founders\u00a0Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announced earlier this week that they’d be resigning from the company to “to explore our curiosity and creativity again.”<\/p>\n

Chief executive Systrom and\u00a0chief technical officer Krieger gave little explanation for their decision and plan to leave the company within the next few weeks and take time off.<\/p>\n

“Mike and I are grateful for the last eight years at Instagram and six years with the Facebook team,” Systrom said. “We\u2019ve grown from 13 people to over a thousand with offices around the world, all while building products used and loved by a community of over one billion. We\u2019re now ready for our next chapter.”<\/p>\n

Parent company Facebook<\/a>‘s founder Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> called the duo “extraordinary product leaders and Instagram reflects their combined creative talents. I’ve learned a lot working with them for the past six years and have really enjoyed it. I wish them all the best and I’m looking forward to seeing what they build next.”<\/p>\n

Systrom and Krieger founded the company in 2010. Facebook purchased the photo-sharing app in 2012.<\/p>\n

H\/T: PBS<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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