Automattic is the owner of WordPress.com, the web hosting service that offers a more basic version of the WordPress software. It also provides additional related services such as hosting and backup. Along with WordPress.com, Automattic is the parent company of WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, VaultPress, Akismet, Gravatar, Crowdsignal, Cloudup, Prospress, and more. Automattic has more than 920 employees in 69 countries working towards the common goal of democratizing publishing so that anyone with a story has the ability to share it.
