It appears that Bluesky’s largest financial backer is no longer on its board.
On Saturday, Jack Dorsey posted grants for open protocols from his Start Small philanthropic initiative on X. This prompted someone to ask Dorsey if he was still on Bluesky’s board, and he replied with a laconic “no”. Dorsey did not respond to any follow-up messages asking him to explain his departure.
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It is unclear when Dorsey left the board; from Sunday morning, Bluesky Business FAQ still identifies him as a board member. We have contacted the company for confirmation.
Dorsey Bluesky was first announced in 2019, when he was still CEO of Twitter. He wrote that Twitter (now X) was “funding a small independent team of up to five open source architects, engineers, and designers to develop an open, decentralized standard for social media.”
Since then, Bluesky has become an independent public benefit corporation, led by CEO Jay Graber, with the support of venture capitaland that open to the general public in February.
Dorsey appears to have deleted his Bluesky account at some point last year, although his departure was only acknowledged at the time by a some posts on social media. (He also has deleted his Instagram account.) Despite this, he remained biggest name associated with the project.
Back on X, Dorsey had a pretty active weekend. In addition to publishing information about the company, it weighed in on the beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, unfollowed almost every other accountAnd job, “don’t rely on companies to grant you rights. defend them yourself using freedom technology. (you are on one) »
