Automattic
American web development company
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| April 2 2025 | The company announced a restructuring that resulted in the layoff of 16% of its workforce, or 281 positions. |
| 2024 | Automattic acquired Beeper messaging app, Harper grammar checking tool, and WPAI WordPress AI plugin maker. |
| September 2024 | Automattic was involved in a trademark dispute with WP Engine, claiming consumer confusion and lack of trademark royalty payments. Over 8 percent of staff resigned after CEO Matt Mullenweg's initial severance offer. |
| February 2024 | The company was reported to begin selling user data from Tumblr and WordPress.com to Midjourney and OpenAI. |
| 2023 | Automattic launched the Jetpack AI Assistant for WordPress and acquired Texts multiservice messaging app. |
| July 2021 | Automattic acquired Day One journaling app, Frontity, and Pocket Casts podcast streaming service. |
| February 2021 | Automattic brought in US$288 million from a primary funding round and participated in a stock buyback, with the company valued at US$7.5 billion. |
| August 2020 | Automattic released P2, a collaboration platform for distributed teams. |
| September 2019 | Automattic announced a Series D funding round of $300 million from Salesforce, increasing its valuation to US$3 billion. |
| August 2019 | Automattic closed a deal with Verizon Media to acquire Tumblr. |
| 2017 | Automattic announced the closure of its San Francisco office, along with similar spaces in Portland, Maine and Cape Town, South Africa. |
| November 21 2016 | Automattic managed the launch and development of the .blog gTLD. |
| 2015 | Automattic acquired WooCommerce, relaunched WordPress.com with JavaScript, and launched a WordPress application with Mac support. |
| 2014 | Automattic raised $160 million in a venture round, acquired Longreads, and Matt Mullenweg became CEO, replacing Toni Schneider who remained as an adviser. |
| 2013 | Automattic acquired Lean Domain Search and CloudUp. |
| 2011 | The company created Jetpack, a WordPress extension. |
| 2010 | Automattic transferred WordPress source code and trademarks to the WordPress Foundation. |
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