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Automattic

Automattic

Automattic is a San Francisco-based web development company developing publishing platforms, such as WordPress and Tumblr.

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automattic.com
Is a
Company
Company
Organization
Organization

Company attributes

Industry
Blog
Blog
Publishing
Publishing
Web development
Web development
Generative AI
Generative AI
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Technology
Technology
0
Internet
Internet
Cloud computing
Cloud computing
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Location
San Francisco
San Francisco
B2X
B2B
B2B
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CEO
Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg
Founder
Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg
AngelList URL
angel.co/automattic
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../51586-57
Legal Name
Automattic Inc.
Subsidiary
Pocket Casts
Pocket Casts
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Longreads
Longreads
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The Atavist Magazine
The Atavist Magazine
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Jetpack CRM
Jetpack CRM
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Akismet
Akismet
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‌
Gravatar
0
Day One
Day One
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WordPress.com
WordPress.com
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...
Legal classification
Corporation
Corporation
Number of Employees (Ranges)
1,001 – 5,0000
Phone Number
+187727330490
Number of Employees
3,7850
Full Address
60 29th Street #343 San Francisco, CA 941100
CIK Number
1,608,418
Place of Incorporation
Delaware
Delaware
Investors
CNET Networks
CNET Networks
MicroVentures
MicroVentures
Sweetwater Capital Partners
Sweetwater Capital Partners
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The New York Times
The New York Times
Polaris Partners
Polaris Partners
True Ventures
True Ventures
Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce Ventures
ICONIQ Capital
ICONIQ Capital
...
Founded Date
2005
Total Funding Amount (USD)
778,599,789
Latest Funding Round Date
February 2021
Competitors
Duda (company)
Duda (company)
Key People
Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg
Latest Funding Type
Series D
Series D
COO
Toni Schneider
Toni Schneider
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Wellfound ID
automattic
Country
United States
United States

Other attributes

Blog
automattic.com/news/
Company Operating Status
Active
Invested in
‌
Soundcheck (radio program)
Latest Funding Round Amount (USD)
287,999,805
Public/Private
Private0
Wikidata ID
Q2872634
Company

Automattic is a San Francisco-based publishing and web development company with a focus on online publishing platforms and software. Its platforms include WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, VaultPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, and Tumblr. Automattic contributes to nonprofit and open-source projects as well.

It has headquarters in California and has team members operating from around the world, including South Africa, Brazil, South Korea, Japan, and Australia. The company has many of its team members working remotely and uses technology such as Slack, Zoom, and its own Wordpress theme, P2, to collaborate.

Products

The company's various products are digital solutions for industries such as e-commerce, content management systems, blogging platforms, and spam filtering. Both media publications and individuals can be hosted on Automattic's WordPress. Similarly, Automattic's subsidiary called Knock Knock WHOIS There manages and launches the .blog gTLD and offers .blog domain names for WordPress users and others.

AI writing assistant

Automattic launched an AI writing assistant for its Wordpress sites and for Jetpack-powered sites. The AI assistant can be added to a post or page where users can then type in a prompt in natural language, which will generate text based on the prompt or structured lists or tables within the post. Further, it can help users change the tone of a post. The Automattic AI assistant supports twelve languages, is capable of translating posts between these languages, and offers spelling and grammar corrections features.

Timeline

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Funding Rounds

Products

Acquisitions

SBIR/STTR Awards

Patents

Further Resources

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date

Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress | TechCrunch

Ivan Mehta

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/07/automattic-launches-an-ai-writing-assistant-for-wordpress/

Web

June 7, 2023

Automattic raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation from Salesforce Ventures

Romain Dillet

https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/19/automattic-raises-300-million-at-3-billion-valuation-from-salesforce-ventures/

Web

September 19, 2019

Exclusive: Matt Mullenweg and Automattic bought Tumblr. What's next? by The Vergecast

https://megaphone.link/VMP5205969836

Web

August 14, 2019

Frontity Raises €1M with Automattic and K Fund

https://wptavern.com/frontity-raises-e1m-with-automattic-and-k-fund

Web

April 22, 2020

How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse | TechCrunch

Chris Morrison

https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/19/automattic-tc1-origin/

Web

October 19, 2021

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