business Overview
HQplaceFully Remote
BusinessOpen source CMS and blog software
Founded
access_time 18 years ago
(founded August 2005)
Company Trajectory Score
Employees
4,000
TrueUp
Rank
#285
Valuation
$7.5 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#260
Public / PrivatePrivate
Lists
Future of Work
Open Source
Same Pay Everywhere
Unicorns
The Cloud 100

Automattic is an open source CMS and blog software company. It is currently valued at $7.5 billion as a private company. 4,000 people work at Automattic. The company was founded in 2005.

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Valuation🦄$7.5 billion
Most recent funding date
⚠️2 years ago
Total funding$859 million
Value 'created'
(valuation - funding)
+$6.6 billion
Valuation per employee$1.9 million
TrueUp
Rank
#999+
phonelink Products
Top products
- WordPress.com
- Akismet
- Crowdsignal
- Jetpack
Other important products
- P2
Primary customer type
emoji_people B2C+business B2B
emoji_people Culture
Glassdoor employee reviews
87%
would recommend Automattic to a friend (265 reviews)
better than 76% of tech co's
86%
approve of the CEO Matt Mullenweg (168 reviews)
better than 52% of tech co's
Company culture links
The Automattic Creednorth_east
automattic.com/creed
code Open Source
Open source citizenship
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TrueUp
Rank
#25
Open source at coreWordpress
Top open source projects
25.4kAutomattic / mongoose
17.1kWordPress / WordPress
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rule Policies
% of open jobs that are remoteN/A
home_work Remote work policy
Fully distributed
Same pay everywhere?
(same work, same pay)
sentiment_very_satisfiedYes
card_giftcard Benefits (US)
Total value of benefits
(annual estimate)
Not enough data
401k match
401k match limit
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Paid vacation
(1st year)
child_friendly Maternity leave
child_friendly Paternity leave
Other employee benefits
- You can use your coworking allowance for the requisite latte
- provide or reimburse hardware and software you’ll need as well as books or conferences that promote continued learning
- Company-sponsored life insurance
- Open parental leave (includes maternity
- paternity
- and adoption). If you’ve been with Automattic for 12 months your leave is fully paid.
- WordPress-branded laptop at your four-year anniversary
- A spiffy set of wireless headphones at your seven-year anniversary
- Paid two to three-month sabbatical encouraged every five years
- Your team will get together one to three times per year in locations around the globe
- Other benefits are country-specific and include health / vision / dental insurance; matching retirement/pension contributions; childcare vouchers; income protection; travel insurance; and discount offers.
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