Employee-reported layoff at Mattermost that reportedly affected about 30 employees, or roughly 15% of the company; sourced from TrueUp.
SourceSecure Collaboration for Technical Teams
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Mattermost is a remote-first, open-core secure collaboration and AI automation platform for mission-critical work, especially in government, defense, and critical infrastructure. Public sources describe it as founded in 2015 (though some directories list 2016), headquartered in Palo Alto, and built for self-hosted, private-cloud, and air-gapped deployments.
Primary product
Mattermost secure collaboration platform (Channels/Playbooks/Agents with enterprise and sovereign deployment options)
Founded
2015
Headquarters
2100 Geng Road, Suite 210, Palo Alto, California 94303, USA
Team size
51-200 employees
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Business instant messaging / collaboration software
Offices
Business model
Stage
Series B
Total raised
$73.6M
Latest round
Incubator/Accelerator · Nov 2023
Jun 2019 · Y Combinator Continuity
Feb 2019 · Redpoint Ventures
Feb 2017 · S28 Capital
Aug 2012
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
CEO of Mattermost Federal, Inc. & Co-Founder
Adam Enterkin
Chief Revenue Officer
VP Product & NATO Alliances
SVP Engineering & Security
Daniel Schalla
VP Infrastructure & Security
VP Sales, EMEA & APAC
Matt Mandrgoc
VP Sales, US Federal Sales
Leigh Dow
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief People Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Nirosha Ruwan
VP Legal
Linda Dalenberg
VP Corporate Controller
Investors
High-trust, remote-first, results-focused, documentation-heavy, and open-source oriented; the company emphasizes courtesy, transparency, ownership, and earning trust.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
No public salary bands were found. Public recruiting materials emphasize transparent leveling, 360-style performance reviews, flexible hours, and remote-first work; disclosed pay-related signals are home-internet and professional-development reimbursements.
Benefits
Pricing
Seat-based annual subscriptions for paid tiers (Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Advanced), with free evaluation/entry options and self-hosted or cloud-managed deployment choices.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$20M-$30M
Estimated monthly visits
290.1K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Employee-reported layoff at Mattermost that reportedly affected about 30 employees, or roughly 15% of the company; sourced from TrueUp.
SourceGlobeNewswire · Jul 2026
Announced a zero-trust data protection integration that applies persistent file protection inside Mattermost workflows for national security and mission-critical operations.
Markets Insider / GlobeNewswire · Jul 2026
Mattermost announced a partnership with Virtru to add persistent Zero Trust data protection for files shared in Mattermost workflows, aimed at national security and mission-critical operations.
Mattermost Newsroom · Jul 2026
Mattermost launched a new Professional Certification tier after hundreds of engineers completed its initial technical certification program.
Mattermost Blog · Jul 2026
The v11.9 release added deeper ABAC controls, ranked attributes, program masking, and Azure Blob Storage support.
Mattermost · Jun 2026
Announced an integrated, AI-enhanced operational collaboration capability for defense ministries, NATO allies, and coalition partners.