UPDATE: See Weds June 3, 2026 update: Adafruit received at 10:38 p.m. ET on May 22, 2026 a letter from former FBI chief of staff, Jonathan F. Lenzner, and partner at Fenwick & West LLP, counsel for Flux, demanding, among other things, that Adafruit refrain from publishing an article addressing what the letter characterizes as false and potentially defamatory claims about Flux, including statements about Flux’s intellectual property, commercial traction and user base.

The letter further asserts claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Adafruit accessed only information that Flux’s own systems made publicly available through a server misconfiguration. Adafruit’s reporting concerns a matter of public security interest and was conducted in the ordinary course of responsible disclosure.

Although Adafruit vigorously rejects the assertions made in Flux’s May 22, 2026 demand letter, we have temporarily stopped publishing on the Adafruit blog while we consider our response and next steps.

We will update the community as appropriate.

The Adafruit press contact is: [email protected]

-ladyada & pt

June 2, 2026 – before issuing any public response, and before involving the press – Limor wrote directly to Flux’s founder, Matthias Wagner. Not through lawyers. Founder to founder.

She proposed: a podcast of his choosing, open questions and answers, with the community watching and taking part. She offered to keep Phil off the podcast.

Her words:

“Before we both spend lots of time and money embroiled in a legal dispute, I would like to explore with you a way to reconcile things and perhaps turn this into a positive… adults with good intentions can work together and solve them… Cooler heads can prevail and we could set a good example for the community, building a future together where everyone can make and share electronics.”

She followed up the next day, again.

That offer stands. We would still rather build than litigate, and we would still rather talk in the open. We think that is how this should work — between two companies who both believe anyone with a browser should be able to make electronics, we can set a good example together.

We will update the community, and will still look forward to sharing our story.

— ladyada & pt