Automattic Reconstitutes Board After Failed Bid to Sideline CEO Matt Mullenweg
Automattic has installed a new board after a turbulent stretch that included an unsuccessful effort to place CEO Matt Mullenweg on leave, marking a rapid reset in the governance of one of the internetโs most influential software companies. The move underscores how sharply internal power struggles can reverberate across the open-source ecosystem and the broader frontier AI and machine learning stack that increasingly depends on web infrastructure.
