"According to Phillip Torrone, managing director of Adafruit, writing in a YCombinator forum, "This happened after I sent an email reporting the founder, Nate [Seidle], for multiple harassing actions directed at [ Adafruit founder Limor Fried], including behavior by him and a former employee. Instead of addressing that, they decided to kill the messenger, me, and also cut us off from Teensy." Torrone and Fried are married."
"In a January 7, 2026, forum post, Torrone explained that in July 2025, "we told SparkFun they needed to get their house in order. For years, SparkFun's leadership ignored specific behavior from leadership (and employees, now former) ... they had created and promoted hate sites, photoshopped images, and harassment targeting Limor, me, and others at Adafruit. This was done on company time, shared, promoted. This was reported to them. It was documented and ignored.""
SparkFun Electronics announced it will stop doing business with Adafruit Industries, citing violations of SparkFun's Code of Conduct during online interactions. SparkFun CEO Glenn Samala dated a December 8, 2025 letter stating outstanding orders would be shipped through January 15, 2026, after which remaining unfulfilled orders will be canceled. Adafruit's managing director Phillip Torrone said the action followed his reporting of alleged harassing actions by SparkFun founder Nate Seidle and a former employee directed at Limor Fried. Adafruit accused Seidle of website scraping and potentially withholding decades-long royalties. Adafruit plans to develop an open alternative to Teensy boards, possibly named Freensy.
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