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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | August 2005 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Key people | Matt Mullenweg, President Toni Schneider, CEO Ryan Boren, Lead Developer |
| Website | automattic.com |
Automattic, Inc. is a web development corporation founded in August 2005.
It is most notable for WordPress (open source blogging software) and WordPress.com (a free blogging service). Other projects include:
- bbPress - Forum Software
- blo.gs- RSS feed aggregator
- Akismet - An anti-comment spam system capable of integration with many blogging platforms and forums.
- WordPress MU - A multi-blog community system built on WordPress.
- Ping-O-Matic - A pinging service.
- Gravatar - Globally recognized avatars
- IntenseDebate - Commenting Tools
- PollDaddy - polls and survey tools
- BuddyPress - Social Networking Plugin Suite
Automattic's employees include Matthew Mullenweg and Ryan Boren, the primary developers of WordPress.
On January 11 2006, it was announced that Toni Schneider, would be leaving Yahoo! to become CEO of Automattic. He was previously CEO of Oddpost before it was acquired by Yahoo!, where he had continued as a senior executive. [1] [2]
In April 2006, it was discovered, through a Regulation D filing, that Automattic raised approximately 1.1 million dollars in funding[3], which Mullenweg addressed in his blog. Investors were Polaris Ventures, True Ventures, Radar Partners, and CNET.
On September 23 2008, Automattic announces acquiring IntenseDebate[4]. Two months later, on November 15th, Automattic acquired PollDaddy [5].
References
- ^ Yahoo Exec Exits For Automattic CEO Gig - GigaOM
- ^ Moving On From Yahoo -> Automattic « Toni’s Garage
- ^ Company Information: AUTOMATTIC INC
- ^ Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate
- ^ Automattic Acquires PollDaddy!
External links
- Automattic website
- Akismet comment filtering service
- WordPress.com blogging service
- WordPress website
- WordPress MultiUser software
- Biography of WordPress With Matt Mullenweg
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