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James LePage

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James LePage

@jameswlepage

Building something new; foundational AI for complex systems. Hiring & DMs open. Prev Head of AI @automattic | Prev @WordPress Core AI Co-Lead | 2x Exited

NYC/CLT

Joined January 2022

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James LePage
@jameswlepage
May 18
Today's my last day as Head of AI at Automattic, and Core AI lead for WordPress. Shocking to think it's been only 18 months since the WPAI acquisition. j.cv/closing-a-chap… So much has happened. We formed Core AI for @WordPress, built the AI Building Blocks (the last ships
Closing a chapter at Automattic – J.CV
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Oct 22, 2024
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Oct 21, 2024
It's impressive how modern WordPress can look if you remove the Admin Menu and Top Bar. Inspired by the new @shadcn sidebar release, I decided to extend #WordPress to use that new sidebar solution as opposed to the current one. This is WordPress core, just without the old Admin
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Mar 25, 2024
Replying to @Always_Eat_Ass and @YIMBYLAND
Goofy comment
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Apr 17, 2024
Running Mixtral 22b on a M1 Mac is pretty wild @ollama
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Jan 27, 2025
Building an e-commerce @WordPress site with only my voice and #AI. This is an awesome demo and has me excited for what we are working on @automattic and for the entire WordPress ecosystem.
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Mar 4, 2025
WordPress should (and will) be the best vector database offering on the market... It's already the best CMS, with the best content editor.
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Dec 9, 2024
Big news: WPAI Inc has been acquired by @automattic ! automattic.com/2024/12/09/aut… Over the past two years, our team has worked tirelessly to build applied AI solutions that empower the WordPress ecosystem. Now, we're joining the company behind WordPress[.]com, WooCommerce, Tumblr,
Automattic Welcomes WPAI
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Oct 3, 2024
Did you know? WordPress has never had an IDE before CodeWP 3.0 is taking shape, and it's the first IDE for #WordPress. First and foremost it's a development environment - autocomplete for plugins and core. LSP. Multi file support. Terminal with WP-now, (pictured) WP CLI, etc.
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
May 27, 2025
Pretty awesome that the WordPress AI Team also gets announced on it's 22nd birthday. This work (in my biased opinion) will be some of the most important stuff we can do to ensure that the CMS thrives for the next 22 years and beyond. Excited to be leader of this group
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Apr 29, 2025
OSS things to watch coming out of Automattic AI: github.com/Automattic/wp-… github.com/Automattic/wor… github.com/Automattic/mcp… Quite early, but this stuff is growing into a suite of powerful tools to make WordPress ready for the AI-first web. I'll do some more tutorials later this
GitHub - Automattic/wp-feature-api: Feature API - This repository will be deprecated as stable...
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Jul 17, 2025
I am so excited to share our roadmap and approach for AI + the @WordPress Project. Earlier today, the team published a series of articles detailing what we’re building, why, and how you can get involved.
make.wordpress.org
AI Building Blocks for WordPress
We’re creating technical Building Blocks that will allow users and developers to create powerful AI implementations within WordPress.
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Dec 13, 2024
#WordPress powering 53% of top websites 🔥 radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review…
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James LePage
@jameswlepage
Apr 9, 2025
The #AI Website Builder lands today for @wordpressdotcom. wp.com/ai Build a site in seconds, with native patterns and blocks. Change and customize using natural language. It's been fun watching this come together - some incredible applied AI engineering from
WordPress.com
@wordpressdotcom
Apr 9, 2025
Just dropped: The new, free AI website builder on WordPress.com! Tell AI what you need + get a fully built website in minutes: 🪄 No coding. No drag-and-drop. No stress. 🪄 AI handles the layout, images, and text. 🪄 You can tweak anything—just ask AI! 🧵
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WordPress AI Features | WordPress.com
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