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Automattic

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Automattic is the software and services company behind popular blog platform WordPress.com, an adaptation of the open source WordPress.org project. The company was founded by Matt Mullenweg who continues to be the primary developer and spokesman for the company. Former OddPost CEO and Yahoo VP Toni Schneider is CEO.

In addition to WordPress.com, Automattic runs several additional Web services, including Akismet, Polldaddy, IntenseDebate, Gravatar, VideoPress, After the Deadline, and WordPress VIP Hosting. Gravatar was Automattic’s first acquisition, followed by the acquisitions of IntenseDebate, Polldaddy, blo.gs, After the Deadline, and plinky.

As of March 2010, over 23 million blogs have been created with WordPress, with thousands of new ones built each day. WordPress.com is a top 10 global site as measured by Quantcast.

Milestones

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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 added Paul Kim as VP User Growth. (9/1/09)
  Posted 12/6/09 at 7:55pm
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  Automattic acquired After the Deadline. (9/09)
  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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  Automattic acquired Gravatar. (10/17/07)
  Posted 10/15/08 at 2:00pm via techcrunch.com
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  Automattic received $1.1M in Series A funding. (7/1/05)
  Posted 10/17/07 at 8:13am via businessweek.com
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  Automattic added Matt Mullenweg as Founder/Primary Developer.
  Posted 10/17/07 at 7:59am
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  Automattic added Michael Hirshland as Investor, Director.
  Posted 8/27/09 at 8:08am
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  Automattic added Toni Schneider as CEO.
  Posted 10/17/07 at 8:00am
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  Automattic added Tony Conrad as Board Director.
  Posted 4/9/08 at 4:31pm
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  Automattic added Anne Dorman as Chief Financial Officer.
  Posted 6/30/08 at 1:08am
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  Automattic added Andy Peatling as BuddyPress Creator/Developer.
  Posted 10/30/08 at 1:25pm

Videos

Screenshots

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Products

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Akismet

BuddyPress

Gravatar

Plinky

VideoPress

WordPress.com

WordPress.com VIP

bbPress

Traffic Analytics

Quantcast

Compete

Sources

1. WordPress Parent Buys Spell Checker Plug-In (paidcontent.org) [edit]
2. Yahoo Spins Off Blo.gs To Automattic (paidcontent.org) [edit]
3. WordPress Acquires Irish Startup Polldaddy (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. WordPress: The Social Network (techcrunch.com) [edit]
6. Automattic Acquires Gravatar (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Automattic Raised $1.1M Last October (businessweek.com) [edit]
8. WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M (gigaom.com) [edit]
9. Automattic Buys Up Thing Labs’ Plinky To Help Bloggers Overcome Writer’s Block (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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