How Automattic wants to build the operating system of the web

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
statement has never sounded so important
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