Automattic
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Internet |
| Founded | August 2005 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Key people | Matt Mullenweg (Founder, president) Toni Schneider (CEO) Ryan Boren (Lead Developer) |
| Products | WordPress.com Akismet Gravatar Polldaddy VaultPress VideoPress IntenseDebate Plinky VIP After the Deadline |
| Website | automattic.com |
Automattic, Inc. is a web development corporation founded in August 2005. It is most notable for WordPress.com (a free blogging service), as well as its contributions to WordPress (open source blogging software).
[edit] Projects
Other projects include:
- After the Deadline – online proofreading tool
- Akismet – anti-comment spam system capable of integration with many blogging platforms and forums
- bbPress – forum software
- blo.gs – RSS feed aggregator
- BuddyPress – social networking plugin suite
- Ping-O-Matic – pinging service
- GlotPress – collaborative translation tool
- Gravatar – globally recognized avatars
- IntenseDebate – commenting tools
- PollDaddy – polls and survey tools
- WordCamp – series of conferences for WordPress users
- VaultPress – backup and security service for WordPress sites
- VideoPress – hosted HD video for WordPress sites
Automattic's employees include Matthew Mullenweg and Ryan Boren, two of 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 15, 2008, Automattic acquired PollDaddy.[5]
On September 9, 2010, Automattic gave the WordPress trademark and control over bbPress and BuddyPress to the WordPress Foundation.
[edit] 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!
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