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Element in Deloitte’s Fast 50!

Element in Deloitte’s Fast 50!

Element was ranked 3rd in Deloitte’s UK Technology Women in Leadership category, and came 22nd amongst the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK.

The Digital Markets Act explained in 15 questions

The Digital Markets Act explained in 15 questions

What is the DMA asking for? The final text will probably be available around mid-May and voted for in early July, but the latest version we have seen lists the following: * Gatekeepers will have to “make the basic functionalities of their [...] communication service interoperable with other [...] communication services” by “providing

A guide to navigating the Digital Markets Act

A guide to navigating the Digital Markets Act

A couple of weeks ago the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Europe agreed on the main guidelines for the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The DMA is legislation aiming to create a more competitive digital market in Europe by mandating competition-friendly practices from the ‘gatekeepers’ i.e.

A Big Step to address Big Tech

A Big Step to address Big Tech

It’s a major positive to see that interoperability is now baked into the DMA.

Moderation needs a radical change

Interoperability

Moderation needs a radical change

Amandine Le Pape, COO at Element, explains how Element is funding moderation tooling and development for all of Matrix. Moderation of online information is topical for two completely unrelated reasons: 1. Moderation is proving critical in the context of disinformation concerning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 2. Separately, moderation is

Interoperability: Open APIs are a start, Open Standard is better

Interoperability: Open APIs are a start, Open Standard is better

The DMA is a noble piece of legislation, and mandating open APIs would be a good first step. But to be a successful piece of legislation, it must eventually choose open standard based interoperability.

2021: It's been a busy year for Element!

2021: It's been a busy year for Element!

From time to time it’s worth stepping back and looking at progress.

Element raises $30M as Matrix explodes!

Element raises $30M as Matrix explodes!

Element has raised $30M of Series B funding, led by Protocol Labs and Metaplanet. Automattic and Notion Capital are also participating in the round.

Here comes the missing communication layer of the web

Here comes the missing communication layer of the web

The Digital Markets Act is pushing interoperability between messaging apps; it's a major win for consumers.

Gitter is joining Element

Gitter is joining Element

When GitLab proposed that Gitter could be stronger as part of the Matrix network, we knew we couldn’t miss the chance!

Welcome to Element!

Welcome to Element!

Hi everyone, We are incredibly excited to announce that Riot is now Element! In fact we have simplified all our naming: Element is also the name for New Vector (the company behind Riot) while Modular, our flagship Matrix hosting service, has become Element Matrix Services. For those discovering us for

Automattic backs Matrix by investing $4.6M in New Vector!

Automattic backs Matrix by investing $4.6M in New Vector!

We're very excited to announce that Automattic, the creator of WordPress, is making a $4.6M strategic investment in New Vector in order to back the Matrix ecosystem - effectively extending our Series-A round from October! Automattic is one of the most successful and well regarded open source companies, with

Remote schooling: Health safety measures shouldn’t put our kids’ privacy at risk.

Remote schooling: Health safety measures shouldn’t put our kids’ privacy at risk.

As everyone is taking drastic measures to halt the spread of Covid19, online collaboration is even more of a critical backbone for the world. But should we protect our health at the expense of our privacy? Moving most of our communications online means that most of our important and private

Mozilla selects Modular and Riot to power their community instant messaging

Mozilla selects Modular and Riot to power their community instant messaging

After a formal 1-month trial of 4 different platforms, we are very excited that Mozilla have announced their decision to move their communications from IRC to Matrix, choosing Modular and Riot as their new home! We’ve always been big fans of Mozilla, few have done more for the open

$8.5M to accelerate Matrix, polish Riot and expand Modular!

$8.5M to accelerate Matrix, polish Riot and expand Modular!

The need for decentralised encrypted communication is becoming critical, as the pressure mounts on the big centralised communication silos to insert backdoors into their encryption, and we see ever more erratic behaviour emerging. Meanwhile more and more players are realising that fragmenting communication is counterproductive and are trying to back-pedal