Automattic
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| Automattic Inc. | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | August 2005 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Key people | Matt Mullenweg Ryan Boren |
| Website | automattic.com |
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.
- Ping-O-Matic - A pinging service.
- Gravatar - Globally recognized avatars
Automattic's employees include Matthew Mullenweg and Ryan Boren, the primary developers of WordPress.
On January 11 2006, it was announced that Toni Schneider, Oddpost CEO before it was acquired by Yahoo!, where he continued as a senior executive, would be leaving Yahoo! to become CEO of Automattic. [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.
[edit] References
- ^ Yahoo Exec Exits For Automattic CEO Gig - GigaOM
- ^ Moving On From Yahoo -> Automattic « Toni’s Garage
- ^ Company Information: AUTOMATTIC INC
[edit] External links
- Automattic website
- Akismet comment filtering service
- WordPress.com blogging service
- WordPress website
- WordPress MultiUser software
- Conversation with Matt Mullenweg video
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