Automattic
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| Automattic Inc. | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | August 2005 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Key people | Matt Mullenweg Ryan Boren |
| Website | automattic.com |
- Automattic should not be confused with the word Automatic.
Automattic Inc. is a small web development corporation founded in August 2005.
It is most notable for WordPress (free blogware) and WordPress.com (a free blogging service). Other projects include:
- bbPress - Forum Software
- 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
Automattic's employees include Matthew Mullenweg and Ryan Boren, the primary developers of WordPress.
On January 11 2006, it was announced that Toni Schneider, a senior Yahoo! executive, would be leaving the company to become CEO of Automattic. [1] [2]
[edit] External links
- Automattic website
- Akismet comment filtering service
- WordPress.com blogging service
- WordPress website
- WordPress MultiUser software
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