On October 24, 2023, WordPress.com and Tumblr owner Automattic announced it has acquired the all-in-one messaging app Texts.com for $50 million. Texts.com brings chats into a single convenient dashboard: iMessage, Slack, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, Messenger, LinkedIn, Signal, Discord, and X, with more services on the way. Automattic explains the acquisition allows the company to move into "a fourth market that's integral to the modern web experience: messaging."

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Texts.com in the transaction. The Wilson Sonsini team includes:

M&A
Rich Mullen
Tracy Sevush
Jonathan Brecher

Corporate
Damien Weiss

Technology Transactions
Chris Paniewski
Barclay Oudersluys
Kristina Wang

Privacy and Cybersecurity
Matt Staples
Daniel Chen
Dantam Le

Tax
Myra Sutanto Shen
Han Shen

Employee Benefits and Compensation
David Thomas
Michael Klippert
Jason Chan

Employment Litigation
Rebecca Stuart

Export Control
Anne Seymour

For more information, please see Automattic’s blog post. Further coverage can be found at The Verge and TechCrunch.