INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and soon Tumblr, is now worth $3 billion
But its founder and CEO Matt Mullenweg has a bigger goal
He wants to make the web better, more open and diverse.With the rise of social networks and closed platforms, Automattic’s mission
statement has never sounded so important
Automattic doesn’t want to be the hot new startup
It wants to build a strong foundation to empower content creators for decades to come.In an interview this week, Matt Mullenweg discussed
why he raised $300 million from Salesforce Ventures, what he thinks of the current state of the web and how Automattic has a shot at
building the open-source operating system of the web
The interview was edited for clarity and brevity.(Photo Credit: Christopher Michel / Flickr under a CC BY 2.0 license)Romain Dillet: Tell me
more about how much money you’ve raised, who you’ve raised from.
