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The debut of Jetpack CRM was…

Brian Krogsgard

July 22, 2020

The debut of Jetpack CRM was announced at the Jetpack blog. It's a "new customer relationship management tool built specifically for WordPress sites." Jetpack CRM is a standalone plugin -- not bundled with Jetpack -- and has separate pricing starting…

Trouble at Longreads

Brian Krogsgard

July 19, 2020

BusinessCareers

We don't often talk about employment issues at Post Status. Good and bad stories about WordPress workplaces abound. Why single out this one? It is a very public issue, and it has to do with one of the largest employers in our space — one often cited as a great place to work: Automattic. That's why I believe it merits deeper consideration.

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The…

Dan Knauss

July 17, 2020

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The New York Times on the subject of remote work and the story of how Automattic started down that path. There's nothing very new in this interview if you've heard Matt speak on this subject…

💶 TechCrunch’s Connie Loizos took an…

Dan Knauss

June 5, 2020

💶 TechCrunch's Connie Loizos took an interesting look at how Automattic pays its remote employees in different locations and currencies. When asked if Automattic pays employees based on their geography and its related cost of living, Matt said: “[W]e aim…

Automattic Invests in New Vector “One…

Dan Knauss

May 20, 2020

Automattic Invests in New Vector "One thing WordPress and Matrix.org have in common is a strong, abiding belief in the open web, a rare thing in a world that is dangerously moving towards walled gardens" — and that's why Automattic…

Ryan McCue shared this paper…

Brian Krogsgard

February 29, 2020

Ryan McCue shared this paper about Let's Encrypt SSL 🛡️ usage that has some interesting figures: Squarespace has 4.9M sites using Let's Encrypt for SSL (97% of their customers) and Automattic has 4.3M sites, or 96% of the total.…

WooCommerce Payments offers a more unified eCommerce experience, better feature parity with Shopify

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2020

BusinessPlanet

WooCommerce Payments offer an in-dashboard, single-account experience for WooCommerce store owners to manage all transactions.

Post Status Club Improvements

Cory Miller

February 7, 2020

Business

Hey Club members, here are some highlights of what Brian and I are working on for you: The way I view business and improvements is just like software. Sometimes you have smaller releases and sometimes big releases, and always fixing…

Scott Kingsley Clark is asking for…

Dan Knauss

January 9, 2020

Scott Kingsley Clark is asking for donations to support the Pods Framework this year. Automattic has withdrawn its sponsorship of the project, which has provided 90% of the Pods team's total funding. Understandably, Automattic "want[s] to focus their funding on…

A Teenage Woman’s Perspective On The State of The Word

Olivia Bisset

November 8, 2019

PlanetWordPress Community

Olivia Bisset reflects on WordCamp US and the State of the Word, from her perspective as a teenager and new member of the WordPress community.

Automattic announced that Mark Davies (formerly…

Dan Knauss

October 21, 2019

Automattic announced that Mark Davies (formerly of Vivint) is their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Current CFO Stuart West, who has been in this role since 2012, will remain at Automattic "in a new position."

Automattic officially took ownership of Tumblr…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Automattic officially took ownership of Tumblr last week, so both communities should start looking for some changes soon. 👀 Two other investments and acquisitions in the open-source space might have caught your eye: Gatsby has raised a $15M Series A…

Kjell Reigstad wrote a post for…

Dan Knauss

October 10, 2019

Kjell Reigstad wrote a post for the Automattic Design blog about some of the challenges and benefits that come from working with WordPress. On the upside, Kjell reflects, "Designing in open source has been a refreshing return to that collaborative…

Automattic has announced it closed a…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2019

Automattic has announced it closed a new $300 million Series D funding round. This development puts the company at a post-round valuation of $3 billion. That is three times Automattic's value following its last fundraising round in 2014. 😮📈 Matt…

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

Brian Krogsgard

September 19, 2019

BusinessPlanet

Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic's Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.

“Trust, Growth, Inclusion: A Study of…

Dan Knauss

September 11, 2019

"Trust, Growth, Inclusion: A Study of Women Engineers' Job-Search Priorities" is a whitepaper recently published by Automattic with the results of a user research study launched by their engineering hiring team. 👩‍🚀 The goal of the study was for Automattic…

The debut of Jetpack CRM was…

Trouble at Longreads

Matt Mullenweg was interviewed by The…

💶 TechCrunch’s Connie Loizos took an…

Automattic Invests in New Vector “One…

Ryan McCue shared this paper…

WooCommerce Payments offers a more unified eCommerce experience, better feature parity with Shopify

Scott Kingsley Clark is asking for…

A Teenage Woman’s Perspective On The State of The Word

Automattic announced that Mark Davies (formerly…

Automattic officially took ownership of Tumblr…

Kjell Reigstad wrote a post for…

Automattic has announced it closed a…

Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation

“Trust, Growth, Inclusion: A Study of…

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