Source: Entrackr
Plane, an open-source project management startup, has acquired Sort, a US-based engineering team focused on AI-powered enterprise workflows. This acquisition marks Plane’s official entry into the North American market and enhances its overall enterprise software footprint. It comes just 18 months after Plane raised $4 million in seed funding, and Plane is excited to aggressively expand and reach enterprise users—especially in the US. Sort’s team brings extremely valuable capabilities that will allow Plane to deliver an improved and powerful platform to its users.
Sort is known for creating complex AI systems and enterprise software tools, while their team possesses exceptional technical knowledge in workflow automation, infrastructure, and on-prem-run deployments. They hope to combine their capabilities with Plane’s existing platform to better serve organizations that need secure and customizable project management solutions.
Plane’s platform is designed for modern teams and benefits from integrating multiple tools in one environment. It allows users to manage tasks, create wikis, and track timelines with an intuitive user experience. The platform also supports a variety of features, such as custom workflows, role-based access control (RBAC), audit logs, and air-gapped (offline) deployments, for teams that prioritize privacy and security.
Today, Plane has over 1,000,000 users across the world. From startups to Fortune 500 businesses, Plane enables teams to stay organized, work better together, and be more productive. Being open-source, Plane also allows teams to tailor the software to best match their requirements.
The company is made up of seasoned professionals from leading tech organizations such as MongoDB, PayPal, Elastic, and BitGo, giving them extensive real-world experience in building scalable, high-performance systems. Now, with this latest evolution, Plane is positioning itself as a Work OS (work operating system) with both open-source flexibility and enterprise-grade performance and control.
Not only does the acquisition of Sort help Plane develop its engineering capabilities, but it also cements the company’s strategy toward the North American market. Plane will be able to better assist large organisations looking for secure, self-hosted project management solutions.
As Plane aims to become a category leader, the company is focused on innovation, customer satisfaction and growth. The company believes this acquisition takes it one step closer to that goal and to becoming a trusted name for teams everywhere.
With the acquisition of Sort, Plane strengthens its enterprise capabilities, expands into North America, and takes a major step toward becoming the leading open-source work OS for modern, secure teams.
