from Salesforce, bringing the post-money valuation of the company to $3 billion. On February 8, 2021, Automattic acquired content analytics platform parse.ly for WPVIP, Founder Matt Mullenweg announced on his blog. On June 14, 2021, Automattic acquired journaling app Day One. On July 16, 2021, Automattic acquired the podcasts app Pocket Casts. Projects Other projects include: After the Deadline – online proofreading tool now built into WordPress.com and Jetpack Atavist – multimedia publishing platform Akismet – anti-comment spam system capable of integration with many blogging platforms and forums bbPress – forum software blo.gs – RSS feed aggregator BuddyPress – social networking plugin suite Cloudup – file sharing application Crowdsignal (formerly Polldaddy) – polls and survey tools GlotPress – collaborative translation tool Gravatar – globally recognized avatars HappyTools - resource planning software IntenseDebate – blog comment hosting service that was launched as a private beta in January 2007 by Co-Founders Jon Fox, Isaac Keyet, and Josh Morgan, and launched as an open beta on October 30, 2007. On September 23, 2008, Automattic announced its acquisition of IntenseDebate's properties, and returned to private beta until November of that year. In 2007, IntenseDebate was selected to be part of the first class of Techstars, a Boulder, Colorado-based startup accelerator Jetpack - WordPress plugin providing a range of basic services (backup, speed, stats, etc.) Longreads – original reporting and journalism aggregator Mongoose ODM – mongodb object modeling for node.js Pocket Casts – app for listening to podcasts on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows and the web Poster – blogging app for IOS Ping-O-Matic – pinging service Simplenote – note-taking and sync service acquired by Automattic in 2013 and later open-sourced Scroll Kit – code-free web design tool Tumblr - Microblogging platform VaultPress – backup and security service for WordPress sites VideoPress – hosted HD video for WordPress sites WooCommerce – eCommerce plugin for WordPress with a marketplace for extensions WPVIP – Enterprise WordPress hosting, support, and consulting References External links 2005 establishments in California American companies established in 2005 Companies based in San Francisco Free software companies Privately held companies based in California Remote companies Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Software companies established in 2005 Software companies of the United States WordPress