Automattic

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Not to be confused with Automatic.

Automattic Inc.

Type Private

Founded August 2005

Headquarters San Francisco, California

Key people Matt Mullenweg
Ryan Boren

Website automattic.com

Automattic, Inc. is a 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 IntenseDebate - Commenting Tools

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.

On September 23 2008, Automattic announces acquiring IntenseDebate^[4]