{"id":7062,"date":"2026-02-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:50:54","slug":"announcing-our-invited-speaker-matt-mullenweg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asia.wordcamp.org\/2026\/announcing-our-invited-speaker-matt-mullenweg\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Our Invited Speaker \u2013 Ma.tt Mullenweg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordCamp Asia 2026 is honored to welcome Ma.tt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress, whose vision sparked a global open-source movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Ma.tt Mullenweg<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ma.tt Mullenweg is the co-founder of <strong>WordPress<\/strong>, the open source platform that powers <strong>over 43 percent of websites<\/strong> across the internet. He is also the <strong>founder and CEO of Automattic<\/strong>, the company behind products like <strong>WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Tumblr, Pocket Casts,<\/strong> and more, with a strong mission to make the web a better place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through his work, Ma.tt has focused on a simple but powerful goal: <strong>democratising publishing, commerce, and messaging<\/strong>, so more people can build, share, and grow online. At <strong>WordCamp US 2025<\/strong>, he delivered the closing keynote on the <strong>future of WordPress and AI<\/strong>, sharing innovations around AI-powered tools, WordPress core updates, and what the open web needs next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ma.tt is known not only as a tech leader but also as a creative person, with interests in photography and music. 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