Its remote workingculture was the topic of a participative journalism project by Scott Berkun, resulting in the 2013 book The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work.[2]
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.[3][4]
In April 2006 Automattic's Regulation D filing showed it had raised approximately $1.1 million in funding,[5] which Mullenweg addressed in his blog. Investors were Polaris Ventures, True Ventures, and Radar Partners.
On September 9, 2010, Automattic gave the WordPress trademark and control over bbPress and BuddyPress to the WordPress Foundation.[6]
On November 21, 2016, Automattic, via a subsidiary company (Knock Knock, WHOIS There) managed the launch and later development of the .blog gTLD, becoming domain registrars.[7]
The former office of Automattic at 140 Hawthorne Street in San Francisco (in July 2017, since closed)
In 2017, Automattic announced that it would close its San Francisco office, which had served as an optional co-working space for its employees alongside similar spaces near Portland, Maine and in Cape Town, South Africa.[8]
In August 2019, Automattic closed a deal with Verizon Media to acquire Tumblr.[9] Mullenweg stated that he saw Tumblr as an "on-ramp" for WordPress adoption.[10] In September, Automattic announced a Series D funding round of $300 million from Salesforce, increasing its valuation to US$3 billion.[11]
Ending in February 2021, Automattic brought in US$288 million from a primary funding round. Subsequently, the company participated in a stock buyback, with the company valued at US$7.5 billion.[12]
In February of 2024, Automattic announced that it would begin selling user data from Tumblr and WordPress.com to Midjourney and OpenAI.[13]
Productsedit
Some notable Automattic brands and products include:
WooCommerce – eCommerce plugin for WordPress with a marketplace for extensions, acquired in 2015[18]
Atavist – multimedia publishing platform and magazine, acquired in 2018[19]
Prospress – WooCommerce extension developer, acquired in May 2019[20][21]
Jetpack CRM – acquired in August 2019, renamed from "Zero BS CRM"[22][23]
Tumblr – Microblogging platform, acquired in 2019[24]
Parse.ly – web analytics tools, acquired in February 2021[25]
Day One – personal journaling app, acquired in June 2021[26]
Pocket Casts – podcast client, acquired in July 2021[27]
Texts.com – messaging app, acquired in October 2023[28]
Referencesedit
^"About Us". Automattic. July 23, 2005. from the original on February 1, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
^Scott Berkun (September 10, 2013). The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work. Wiley. ISBN978-1-118-66063-8.
^Malik, Om (January 11, 2006). . gigaom.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^Moving On From Yahoo -> Automattic « Toni's Garage November 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^"EDGAR Search Results". www.sec.gov. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ ab"A New Home for the WordPress Trademark". September 9, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^"About Knock Knock, WHOIS There". April 13, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^Staley, Oliver (June 12, 2017). "Wordpress's owner is closing its San Francisco office because its employees never show up". Quartz. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
^Radulovic, Petrana (August 12, 2019). "Tumblr sold off yet again, adult content bans to be relaxed, but are being discussed". Polygon. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
^Milano, Matt (August 23, 2023). "Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, Sees Tumblr As a Gateway Product". WebProNews. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
^"Automattic raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures". TechCrunch. September 19, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
^Matt Mullenweg (August 16, 2021). "Funding, Buyback, and Hiring".
^Cole, Samantha (February 27, 2024). "Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users' Data to Train AI Tools". 404 Media. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
^"Automattic Acquires Gravatar". TechCrunch. October 18, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^"Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate". September 23, 2008. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^"Automattic Acquires PollDaddy!". October 15, 2008. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^"Longreads Is Joining the Automattic Family". April 9, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^"WooThemes Joins Automattic". May 19, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^"Automattic, Parent Company of WordPress.com, Acquires Atavist Publishing Platform and Award-Winning Magazine". PR Newswire. June 21, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
^Shepherd, Brent (May 22, 2019). "A Final Prospress Post…". Prospress Blog. from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
^Dillet, Romain (May 23, 2019). "Automattic acquires subscription payment company Prospress". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
^"Zero BS CRM acquired" (Press release). August 16, 2019.
^"Introducing Jetpack CRM: Grow Your Business Through Better Contact Management". Jetpack. Automattic. July 20, 2020. from the original on July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
^"Automattic Acquires Tumblr, Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress". August 13, 2019.
^"Parse.ly & Automattic". Matt Mullenweg. February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
^"WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires journaling app Day One". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
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Not to be confused with Automatic This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view August 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral Please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Automattic Inc is an American global distributed company which was founded in August 2005 and is most notable for WordPress com a freemium blogging service as well as its contributions to WordPress an open source blogging software The company s name is a play on founder Matt Mullenweg s first name and automatic citation needed Automattic Inc Company typePrivateIndustryInternetWeb DevelopmentSoftwareFounded2005 19 years ago 2005 in the United StatesFounderMatt MullenwegHeadquartersSan Francisco California USKey peopleMatt Mullenweg CEO president ProductsAkismetGravatarWooCommerceWordPress com amp othersNumber of employees1 934 January 2024 1 ASN2635Websiteautomattic comIts remote working culture was the topic of a participative journalism project by Scott Berkun resulting in the 2013 book The Year Without Pants WordPress com and the Future of Work 2 Contents 1 History 2 Products 3 References 4 External linksHistory editOn 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 3 4 In April 2006 Automattic s Regulation D filing showed it had raised approximately 1 1 million in funding 5 which Mullenweg addressed in his blog Investors were Polaris Ventures True Ventures and Radar Partners On September 9 2010 Automattic gave the WordPress trademark and control over bbPress and BuddyPress to the WordPress Foundation 6 On November 21 2016 Automattic via a subsidiary company Knock Knock WHOIS There managed the launch and later development of the blog gTLD becoming domain registrars 7 nbsp The former office of Automattic at 140 Hawthorne Street in San Francisco in July 2017 since closed In 2017 Automattic announced that it would close its San Francisco office which had served as an optional co working space for its employees alongside similar spaces near Portland Maine and in Cape Town South Africa 8 In August 2019 Automattic closed a deal with Verizon Media to acquire Tumblr 9 Mullenweg stated that he saw Tumblr as an on ramp for WordPress adoption 10 In September Automattic announced a Series D funding round of 300 million from Salesforce increasing its valuation to US 3 billion 11 Ending in February 2021 Automattic brought in US 288 million from a primary funding round Subsequently the company participated in a stock buyback with the company valued at US 7 5 billion 12 In February of 2024 Automattic announced that it would begin selling user data from Tumblr and WordPress com to Midjourney and OpenAI 13 Products editSome notable Automattic brands and products include WordPress com blog host created in 2005 Akismet anti comment spam system capable of integration with many blogging platforms and forums created in 2005 Gravatar globally recognized avatars acquired 2007 14 BuddyPress social networking plugin suite acquired September 2008 and given to the WordPress Foundation in 2010 6 IntenseDebate acquired September 2008 15 PollDaddy acquired November 2008 16 Simplenote note taking and sync service acquired in 2013 Longreads acquired in 2014 17 WooCommerce eCommerce plugin for WordPress with a marketplace for extensions acquired in 2015 18 Atavist multimedia publishing platform and magazine acquired in 2018 19 Prospress WooCommerce extension developer acquired in May 2019 20 21 Jetpack CRM acquired in August 2019 renamed from Zero BS CRM 22 23 Tumblr Microblogging platform acquired in 2019 24 Parse ly web analytics tools acquired in February 2021 25 Day One personal journaling app acquired in June 2021 26 Pocket Casts podcast client acquired in July 2021 27 Texts com messaging app acquired in October 2023 28 References edit About Us Automattic July 23 2005 Archived from the original on February 1 2024 Retrieved February 1 2024 Scott Berkun September 10 2013 The Year Without Pants WordPress com and the Future of Work Wiley ISBN 978 1 118 66063 8 Malik Om January 11 2006 Yahoo Exec Exits For Automattic CEO Gig gigaom com Archived from the original on September 20 2017 Retrieved January 24 2018 Moving On From Yahoo gt Automattic Toni s Garage Archived November 14 2007 at the Wayback Machine EDGAR Search Results www sec gov Retrieved January 24 2018 a b A New Home for the WordPress Trademark September 9 2010 Retrieved January 24 2018 About Knock Knock WHOIS There April 13 2016 Retrieved January 24 2018 Staley Oliver June 12 2017 Wordpress s owner is closing its San Francisco office because its employees never show up Quartz Retrieved October 20 2019 Radulovic Petrana August 12 2019 Tumblr sold off yet again adult content bans to be relaxed but are being discussed Polygon Retrieved August 12 2019 Milano Matt August 23 2023 Matt Mullenweg CEO of Automattic Sees Tumblr As a Gateway Product WebProNews Retrieved February 29 2024 Automattic raises 300 million at 3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures TechCrunch September 19 2019 Retrieved April 23 2020 Matt Mullenweg August 16 2021 Funding Buyback and Hiring Cole Samantha February 27 2024 Tumblr and WordPress to Sell Users Data to Train AI Tools 404 Media Retrieved February 28 2024 Automattic Acquires Gravatar TechCrunch October 18 2007 Retrieved September 7 2023 Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate September 23 2008 Retrieved January 24 2018 Automattic Acquires PollDaddy October 15 2008 Retrieved January 24 2018 Longreads Is Joining the Automattic Family April 9 2014 Retrieved January 24 2018 WooThemes Joins Automattic May 19 2015 Retrieved January 24 2018 Automattic Parent Company of WordPress com Acquires Atavist Publishing Platform and Award Winning Magazine PR Newswire June 21 2018 Retrieved June 22 2018 Shepherd Brent May 22 2019 A Final Prospress Post Prospress Blog Archived from the original on May 24 2019 Retrieved September 22 2021 Dillet Romain May 23 2019 Automattic acquires subscription payment company Prospress TechCrunch Retrieved September 22 2021 Zero BS CRM acquired Press release August 16 2019 Introducing Jetpack CRM Grow Your Business Through Better Contact Management Jetpack Automattic July 20 2020 Archived from the original on July 21 2020 Retrieved August 17 2021 Automattic Acquires Tumblr Plans to Rebuild the Backend Powered by WordPress August 13 2019 Parse ly amp Automattic Matt Mullenweg February 8 2021 Retrieved February 9 2021 WordPress com owner Automattic acquires journaling app Day One TechCrunch Retrieved June 14 2021 Popular Podcast App Pocket Casts Joins Automattic WordPress com News July 16 2021 Pierce David October 24 2023 Automattic is acquiring Texts and betting big on the future of messaging The Verge Retrieved October 24 2023 External links edit nbsp Media related to Automattic at Wikimedia Commons Official website Automattic companies grouped at OpenCorporates Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Automattic amp oldid 1213508802, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
