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Website: http://automattic.com/

Blog: http://automattic.com/blogs/

Automattic is a web development and blogware company which can attribute much of its success to its popular blog platform Wordpress.com, an adaptation of the open source WordPress project.

Automattic has created over 25 plugins for your blogging needs ranging from simple blog graphs and stats to its function changing Blicki (blog + wiki) feature.

There are more than a million blogs hosted by...More»

Address: San Francisco, CA

Phone: 877-273-8550

Founded: 08/2005

Employees: 18

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Other Consumer Internet

Ownership: Private

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Tony Conrad [x]

Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
07/2005	Series A	1.1M	Unknown	Shelby Bonnie, Tony Conrad, Blacksmith Capital, CNet, Polaris Venture Partners, Radar Partners, True Ventures
01/2008	Series B	29.5M	Unknown	True Ventures, The New York Times, Polaris Ventures, Radar Ventures

Name:	WordPress
Product URL:	http://wordpress.org/
Date Launched:	05/2003
Description:	WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it.
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Bullish Opinions (16)	Author/Date	Do you agree?
It's all about innovation and uniqueness a key for better aggregation Add Comment	affordablebooks 02/28/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
About to skyrocket Add Comment	map2010 12/11/2008		50% 2 votes 1 50% 1
Look for stock to go up soon worth buying now. Under Priced. Add Comment	map2010 12/10/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Many like the format and its easy to use. Add Comment	map2010 12/01/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Bulidng 1 comment Add Comment	torrg 11/22/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Sorry above. Building a platform of diversification based on the user base of Wordpress	torrg	11/22/2008
They just bought Polldaddy.com, they will prove to be a major player in the near future Add Comment	superfly 10/17/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
monster product and user base Add Comment	troyspur 09/30/2008		100% 4 votes 4 0% 0
Wordpress is also a simple, intuitive CMS for users with little programming knowledge Add Comment	willsurvive 09/23/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
They know their customer and make it easy to use their product. Add Comment	fvongraf 08/14/2008		100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
lots of blogs are based on wordpress because of its simplicity to use Add Comment	irpip 08/11/2008		100% 4 votes 4 0% 0
Awesome product. I know many folks who use it. Add Comment	drapaport 04/28/2008		100% 6 votes 6 0% 0
Positive attitude. Add Comment	ebvibe 04/27/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
Lots of great features Add Comment	kenny 04/22/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
Most blogs I read seem to be on WordPress Add Comment	dave 02/15/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
WordPress opensource initiative will help keep WordPress a leader in innovation Add Comment	dave 01/17/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0
The WordPress product is very flexible, a great blogging platform Add Comment	dave 01/17/2008		100% 5 votes 5 0% 0

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There are lots of new blogging tools popping up 2 comments Add Comment	keane 08/28/2008		67% 3 votes 2 33% 1
Auttomatic is about more than just blogging.	willsurvive	09/23/2008
True but some are better and it seems that this format its what they like.	map2010	12/01/2008