Automattic has purchased Clay, a relationship management tool.

It appears that the economic downturn and the dispute with WP Engine may be impacting Automattic’s valuation.

This reduction comes after two rounds of employee buyouts late last year.

Automattic is lowering their contributor hours to 45 hours a week, to match those of WPE.

Automattic announces the acquisition of WPAI. The WPAI team of James LePage, Greg Hunt, and Ovidiu Galatan will be joining Automattic and working on integrating AI into core.

Automattic acquires Harper. Harper is a Grammarly competitor with a privacy focus. The creator of Harper will be joining Automattic.

An article on Automattic’s trademark enforcement plans on TechCrunch.

Wow! Automattic plans to migrate Tumblr onto WordPress.

Automattic continues its courtship of agencies with a new program offing packages across its lineup of products. It is a 180 tun-around from several years ago when they were focused on competing with agencies.