He managed 120 people at Meta. Now, he's walking away from Big Tech to join Lovable — here's why.

Patrik Torstensson.

Courtesy of Lovable

• A Meta engineering director left Big Tech after feeling like more of "a passenger than a driver."
• He joined AI startup Lovable, drawn by speed and ownership.
• Lovable was recently valued at $6.6 billion and plans to more than double its head count this year.

After nearly four years leading a 120-person engineering team at Meta's London office, Patrik Torstensson felt he wasn't really in the driver's seat.

"In a company that big...