Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey leaves Bluesky board

Jack Dorsey, cofounder of X, formerly Twitter, has left the board of Bluesky, a decentralised social media platform he cofounded, the company said on Sunday.

“With Jack's departure, we are searching for a new board member for the Bluesky public benefit company who shares our commitment to building a social network that puts people in control of their experience,” Bluesky said in a statement.

Bluesky, which has been posed as an alternative to X, crossed two million users in November last year.


“Today, Bluesky is thriving as an open source social network running on 'atproto', the decentralised protocol we have built,” the statement added, thanking Dorsey for his help in funding and initiating the project.

On Saturday, Dorsey announced the same on X. While posting about grants for open protocols from his philanthropic Start Small initiative, a user asked him if he was still on the Bluesky board, to which he replied “no.”

Bluesky has so far launched features like mobile push notifications, general user lists, email verification and advanced feed and thread preferences.

Last year, Bluesky raised $8 million. In 2022, it had secured $13 million in funding with Dorsey joining its board.