Mullenweg Claims He’s Back in Charge | Tech News

0:00On September 11th, so, word on the street, is Matt Mullinwijk, the guy behind WordPress.com, is claiming he's back in charge of CEO of Automatic. This comes just days after the company's board apparently voted to remove him. He sent out a message on Slack saying the board members conspired against him, putting him on paid leave, and that the CFO, Mark Davies, was. Temporarily stepping in. Automatic confirmed Mullinwijk was on leave, and Davies was interim CEO at the time. But then, early Friday morning, Mullinwijk dropped another message on Slack. He announced the board was back in agreement, and he was in control. Again, hinting that a lot of what happened was a misunderstanding. He even linked to L.L. Cooljays, Mama Saeed, Nakyuaw video, which is a pretty bold statement. Sources say no one at Automatic has heard directly from the board about this, and Mark Davies' Slack account has been deactivated. Mullinwijk also posted on X saying things are different than they appear, and he's looking for help to move his stuff from Automatic.

1:02He's suggesting that a private equity firm, Silver Lake, which is involved in a lawsuit with Automatic, might be behind the plans to mess with his life. He later tweeted, Boards are never boring, with a laughing emoji. It sounds like there's a lot going on behind the scenes at Automatic, and this situation is definitely still unfolding. That's your update from Tech News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story.