- Automattic
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company_name = Automattic Inc.
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company_type = Private
foundation = August 2005
location =San Francisco, California
key_people =Matt Mullenweg Ryan Boren
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homepage = [http://automattic.com automattic.com]Automattic, Inc. is a
web development corporation founded inAugust 2005 .It is most notable for
WordPress (free blogware) andWordPress.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
*IntenseDebate - Commenting ToolsAutomattic'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 byYahoo! , where he continued as a senior executive, would be leaving Yahoo! to become CEO of Automattic. [ [http://gigaom.com/2006/01/11/automattic-wordpress Yahoo Exec Exits For Automattic CEO Gig - GigaOM ] ] [ [http://toni.schneidersf.com/2006/01/11/moving-on-from-yahoo-automattic/ Moving On From Yahoo -> Automattic « Toni’s Garage ] ]In April 2006, it was discovered, through a
Regulation D filing, that Automattic raised approximately 1.1 million dollars in funding [ [http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?CIK=0001341712&action=getcompany Company Information: AUTOMATTIC INC ] ] , which [http://ma.tt/2006/04/a-little-funding/ Mullenweg addressed in his blog] . Investors were Polaris Ventures, True Ventures, Radar Partners, and CNET.On September 23 2008, Automattic announces acquiring
IntenseDebate [ [http://www.intensedebate.com/blog/2008/09/23/automattic-acquires-intensedebate/ ] ]References
External links
* [http://automattic.com Automattic website]
* [http://akismet.com Akismet comment filtering service]
* [http://wordpress.com WordPress.com blogging service]
* [http://wordpress.org WordPress website]
* [http://mu.wordpress.org WordPress MultiUser software]
* [http://uk.intruders.tv/Conversation-with-Matt-Mullenweg,-founder-of-WordPress_a412.html Conversation with Matt Mullenweg] video
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