Automattic is acquiring Texts and betting big on the future of messaging

The Verge
By David PierceOct 24, 2023, 6:00 am130 pts
Texts is a messaging app... for all your messaging apps. | Image: Texts Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a number of other popular web properties, just made a different kind of acquisition: it’s buying Texts, a universal messaging app, for $50 million. Texts is an app…

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