Automattic blames the cutback on the “significant time and money” related to the ongoing legal battle with WP Engine. It also points to the “intense criticism” it has faced “from members of the ...

Openvibe's clever app that integrates multiple open social networks, including Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr, and Threads, just ...

Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, said that it would reduce its contribution to WordPress core, the open-source project that acts as the backbone of most of Automattic’s products ...

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case ...

Automattic announced it is minimizing support for the WordPress.org CMS project, framing the withdrawal of resources as a positive change to strengthen WordPress. The announcement attributed the d ...

Automattic is escalating the legal dispute with WordPress host WP Engine. As the company, which is headed by Wordpress inventor Matt Mullenweg, announced in its blog, it is drastically reducing ...

Mark Gurman, writing for Bloomberg, reports that Beeper, the messaging app that ultimately lost its fight to bring blue bubbles to Android, has been acquired by Automattic, for $125 million according ...

Matt Mullenweg and Automattic have enlisted one of the top U.S. law firms to handle their legal fight against WP Engine ...

Automattic, as well as Tensor Ventures. Czech Founders VC and former CTO of Mews Jan Široký also invested separately from his firm. Launched in 2024, Openvibe initially supported three of the ...

At the core is a fight between WordPress' co-creator and Automattic's CEO Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress. WordPress' technology is open source and free ...