Automattic
Web publishing and e-commerce platforms
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded 2005
Automattic is a company that builds products for the web, including WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and more. Its core products are built on technologies like PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL, and it primarily serves both consumers and enterprises.
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Last Updated: July 24, 2025
Current Valuation
$7.5B
as of August 16, 2021 (Source)
Funding Summary
$896M
Total reported funding
OSS News & Views
June 10, 2026
Online Store News: Is WooCommerce Quietly Losing Automattic’s Full Backing? – Online Store News
Announcement
June 10, 2026
WordPress.com News: WordPress.com Is Now Available in Stripe Projects – WordPress.com News
OSS News & Views
June 8, 2026
Online Store News: Is WooCommerce Quietly Bleeding Enterprise Merchants to Shopify Plus? – Online Store News
Announcement
June 4, 2026
WordPress.com News: WordPress 7.0 Is Here: Everything You Need to Know
OSS News & Views
June 3, 2026
The Register: Automattic's CMS empire shows cracks as WordPress share falls
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Key People
Core OSS Projects
WordPress is open source software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app.
License: GPL
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
License: GPL
Business Information
Category
CMSIndustries
Retail
Technologies
BlogEcommercePHPWeb Publishing
Sectors
EnterpriseConsumersDevelopersSMBs
Licenses
GPL-2.0-only
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