Automattic

Automattic Inc.
Company typePrivate
Industry
  • Internet
  • Web Development
  • Software
Founded2005; 20 years ago (2005), in the United States
FounderMatt Mullenweg
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, US
Key people
Matt Mullenweg (CEO, president)
Products
Number of employees
1,745 (2024[1])
ASN2635 Edit this at Wikidata
Websiteautomattic.com

Automattic Inc. is an American global distributed company which was founded in August 2005 and is most notable for WordPress.com (a freemium blogging service), as well as its contributions to WordPress (an open source blogging software system). The company's name is a play on founder Matt Mullenweg's first name and the word "automatic".[2]

  1. ^ "About Us". Automattic. July 23, 2005. Archived from the original on December 11, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Morrison, Chris (October 19, 2021). "How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on September 30, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

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