We brought on Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Automattic and co-founder of WordPress, along with Kishan Bagaria, the founder of Texts.com, to talk about the transaction and what it means.
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By Theresa Loconsolo
December 13, 2023
We brought on Matt Mullenweg, the CEO of Automattic and co-founder of WordPress, along with Kishan Bagaria, the founder of Texts.com, to talk about the transaction and what it means.
© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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