CNBC found a source to back Matt Mullenweg. Only it is someone who says they have known Matt for 16 years and is an investor in Automattic: “I always thought that was part of WordPress,” referring to WP Engine. “They’re misleading, and they don’t contribute to the community.”
Why WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has gone ‘nuclear’ against tech investing giant Silver Lake
Matt Mullenweg, who founded WordPress more than two decades ago, finds himself in a legal battle against Silver Lake over the firm's ownership of WP Engine.
It would be interesting to find out exactly how Matt Mullenweg has been presenting the connection between WordPress and Automattic to its investors. It is hard to understand how you would think that a host providing managed WordPress hosting is part of WordPress, since it is an open source project.