Andre Cronje, co-founder of Sonic Labs and founder of Flying Tulip, publicly backed former executive Michael Kong after Sonic Labs announced that Kong’s relationship with the company had been terminated with immediate effect. In a post commenting on Kong’s statement, Cronje said Sonic Labs’ related blog post was "offensive" and lacked support. He also argued that Kong’s eight years of contributions should be recognized.
Cronje said Kong had raised concerns as early as 2018 about alleged plagiarism within the founding team. He added that after the project had raised $40 million and its funds had fallen to less than $2 million, Kong was the first to give up his salary. Cronje also credited Kong with pushing a roughly $150 million lawsuit in South Korea through to a win.
Earlier in the day, Kong said on X that Sonic Labs recently disclosed that its relationship with him had been terminated immediately but gave no reason, which he said could leave the impression that he had been removed for misconduct. Kong said the departure was not voluntary. According to his statement, the two sides had signed a severance and mutual non-disparagement agreement, but Sonic Labs refused to honor it, and an earlier contractor agreement was also not fulfilled. He said he was responding publicly and reserving his right to sue Sonic Labs and affiliated parties.
Andre Cronje, co-founder of Sonic Labs and founder of Flying Tulip, reposted a statement from former executive Michael Kong and criticized a related blog post published by Sonic Labs.
Cronje wrote that the post was "offensive" and unsupported. He said Kong had questioned alleged plagiarism by the founding team as early as 2018. He also said that after the project raised $40 million and the remaining funds fell to less than $2 million, Kong was the first to give up his salary, and that he pushed a roughly $150 million lawsuit in South Korea through to a court victory.
Cronje added that removing Kong to calm public criticism during a token price decline "was not right." He said Kong’s eight years of contributions should be acknowledged.
Michael Kong says the departure was not voluntary
Earlier that day, Kong posted on X that Sonic Labs had recently announced that its relationship with him was terminated "with immediate effect" without giving a reason. He said that wording could create the impression that he had been dismissed for misconduct.
Kong said his departure was not voluntary. According to his statement, the two sides had signed a severance agreement and a mutual non-disparagement agreement, but the other side refused to perform. He also said an earlier contractor agreement had not been honored. On that basis, Kong said he was responding publicly and reserving his right to pursue legal action against Sonic Labs and its affiliated parties.
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