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Automattic
Automattic Inc. is an American global distributed company most notable for WordPress.com and its contributions to the WordPress system. The company was founded in 2005. Automattic's brands and products include WordPress.com, Akismet, Gravatar, BuddyPress, Simplenote, WooCommerce, Atavist, Tumblr, Parse.ly, Day One, Pocket Casts, and Beeper. History Matt Mullenweg co-founded the open-source blogging platform WordPress in 2003. Two years later, he founded Automattic to monetize the platform. Initially the company developed commercial products related to WordPress, including WordPress.com for WordPress-managed hosting and the spam filtering service Akismet. Toni Schneider, a former executive at Yahoo, became chief executive officer (CEO) in 2006. In April 2006, Automattic's Regulation D filing showed it had raised approximately $1.1 million in funding. On September 9, 2010, Automattic gave the WordPress trademark and control over bbPress and BuddyPress to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automattic Inc
Automattic Inc. is an American global distributed company most notable for WordPress.com and its contributions to the WordPress system. The company was founded in 2005. Automattic's brands and products include WordPress.com, Akismet, Gravatar, BuddyPress, Simplenote, WooCommerce, Atavist, Tumblr, Parse.ly, Day One (app), Day One, Pocket Casts, and Beeper (company), Beeper. History Matt Mullenweg co-founded the open-source blogging platform WordPress in 2003. Two years later, he founded Automattic to monetize the platform. Initially the company developed commercial products related to WordPress, including WordPress.com for WordPress-managed hosting and the spam filtering service Akismet. Toni Schneider, a former executive at Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017), Yahoo, became chief executive officer (CEO) in 2006. In April 2006, Automattic's Regulation D (SEC), Regulation D filing showed it had raised approximately $1.1 million in funding. On September 9, 2010, Automattic gave the Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |