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Automattic

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Automattic is the company behind WordPress.com, the simplest, most secure way to start web-publishing immediately on the open source WordPress platform. They also make Jetpack for WordPress, which bundles a number of social improvements to the WordPress core software as a single plugin.

Automattic offers a number of products, like VaultPress and Akismet, on a freemium model so anyone can use them for free, and later have the choice to pay extra for premium features.

Automattic has over 150 employees, including nearly 130 who are focused on product development and support. Automattic is led by CEO Toni Schneider and founder Matt Mullenweg and expects to grow to 200 people by the end of 2013.

Recent Milestones

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  Automattic acquired Simperium. (1/1/13)
  Posted 1/24/13 at 9:15pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic acquired CodeGarage. (12/1/12)
  Posted 2/12/13 at 1:15pm via codegarage.com
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  Automattic added Paul Sieminski as General Counsel/Automattlock. (5/7/12)
  Posted 8/16/12 at 10:14am
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  Automattic added Stuart West as CFO. (4/25/12)
  Posted 4/25/12 at 10:41am
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  Automattic — WordPress.com Parent Company Automattic On Track To Make $45M In Revenue This Year (4/25/12)
  Posted 4/25/12 at 7:31pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic invested in WP Engine. (11/15/11)
  Posted 11/15/11 at 7:38pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic added Jon Burke as Ads Lead. (12/1/10)
  Posted 1/25/12 at 1:10pm
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  Automattic added Isaac Keyet as WordPress Mobile Projects Lead. (7/1/10)
  Posted 4/5/11 at 4:44pm
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  Automattic invested in OwnLocal. (6/28/10)
  Posted 6/29/10 at 4:49pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic — Automattic Buys Up Thing Labs’ Plinky To Help Bloggers Overcome Writer’s Block (6/25/10)
  Posted 6/25/10 at 7:17pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic acquired After the Deadline. (9/1/09)
  Posted 9/21/09 at 3:46pm via paidcontent.org
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  Automattic acquired Blo.gs. (4/21/09)
  Posted 4/22/09 at 8:31am via paidcontent.org
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  Automattic acquired PollDaddy. (10/15/08)
  Posted 10/15/08 at 2:00pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic acquired IntenseDebate. (9/23/08)
  Posted 9/23/08 at 11:21am via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic acquired Buddy Press. (3/4/08)
  Posted 10/15/08 at 2:00pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic received $29.5M in Series B funding. (1/1/08)
  Posted 1/23/08 at 11:10am via gigaom.com

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Products

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Akismet

BuddyPress

Gravatar

Jetpack

Plinky

Simperium

VaultPress

VideoPress

WordPress.com

WordPress.com VIP

bbPress

Traffic Analytics

Quantcast

Compete

Sources

1. Automattic Acquires Simperium, The Y Combinator-Backed Data Syncing Startup Behind Simplenote (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. CodeGarage is Joining Automattic! (codegarage.com) [edit]
3. WordPress Parent Buys Spell Checker Plug-In (paidcontent.org) [edit]
4. Yahoo Spins Off Blo.gs To Automattic (paidcontent.org) [edit]
5. WordPress Acquires Irish Startup Polldaddy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. WordPress: The Social Network (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Automattic Acquires Gravatar (techcrunch.com) [edit]
9. Silverton, Automattic Put $1.2M Into WordPress Hosting And Security Service WP Engine (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. YComb’s Seeing Interactive Raises Seed Round From Baseline, Buchheit, Schachter, and Lerer Ventures (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Automattic Raised $1.1M Last October (businessweek.com) [edit]
12. WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M (gigaom.com) [edit]
Automattic Buys Up Thing Labs’ Plinky To Help Bloggers Overcome Writer’s Block (techcrunch.com) [edit]
WordPress.com Parent Company Automattic On Track To Make $45M In Revenue This Year (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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