- notes
- {"status": "Acquired", "acquirer": "Automattic", "acquisition_date": "2013-01-24", "acquisition_price_usd": null, "exit_type": "Acquisition (terms undisclosed)", "post_acquisition": "Simperium became an Automattic developer service alongside products like Akismet and Gravatar; founders joined Automattic.", "current_operating_status": {"simperium_platform": "Listed as operational under Automattic status pages; simperium.com remains live.", "simplenote": "As of September 5, 2025, Automattic staff stated Simplenote is no longer in active development and only basic functionality is maintained; app remains available.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/24/wordpress-simperium-simplenote/", "https://allthingsd.com/20130124/automattic-buys-simpermium-maker-of-simplenote/", "http://blog.simperium.com/2013/01/24/simperium-joins-automattic/", "https://automatticstatus.com/", "https://simperium.com/about/", "https://forums.simplenote.com/forums/topic/customer-update-on-simplenote/"]}, "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/24/wordpress-simperium-simplenote/", "https://allthingsd.com/20130124/automattic-buys-simpermium-maker-of-simplenote/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/simperium", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simperium"]}
- source urls
- ["https://allthingsd.com/20130124/automattic-buys-simpermium-maker-of-simplenote/", "https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/24/wordpress-simperium-simplenote/", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simperium", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/simperium"]