Sanity joins the Open Source Pledge - Blog post
We are joining the Open Source Pledge, committing to pay $2,000 per year per full-time developer directly to open source maintainers and foundations.
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Magnus's headline: CEO and Co-founder of Sanity
Magnus's job title: CEO & Co-founder
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Sanity joins the Open Source Pledge
Begin Team to Join Sanity - Blog post
Sanity welcomes the Begin.com team, enhancing our Content Operating System with powerful content compute capabilities.
Introducing the new Sanity Growth plan to serve collaborative teams - Blog post
Unveiling the new Sanity Growth plan! Our new pricing overhauls make our pricing more intentional, making it even easier to get started and to grow with Sanity
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Sanity Is Now The First CMS to Be A Shopify Certified Plus Partner - Blog post
We are expanding our strategic partnership to keep helping Shopify Plus merchants create rich, engaging shopping experiences that exceed consumers’ expectations.
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Sanity in 2022: Transforming How Teams Work With Content - Blog post
Look back at the highlights of 2022, and peek into what's next for Sanity and your business.
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Content in the Composable Era - Blog post
The composable era has new challenges, new requirements, and new opportunities. Learn how to embrace the change, and what the Sanity Composable Content Cloud can help you achieve.
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Shopify Invests in Sanity: Connecting Commerce with Content - Blog post
Our strategic partnership and the new Sanity Connect app for Shopify’s headless commerce stack help merchants build remarkable shopping experiences.
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Structured Content 2022: Content Makes Experiences Human - Blog post
Join us May 24-25 in San Francisco to explore fresh perspectives on content and digital experience.
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We Stand By Ukraine - Blog post
Sanity is a half US and half European company. Our hearts are with everyone impacted by this meaningless war, in Ukraine, in Russia, and elsewhere.
2021: A year in review - Blog post
"2021 was a blowout year for Sanity" the Jamstack survey concluded. Looking back we have built our community our product and our team to new levels. And looking ahead we are excited about what's coming!
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Welcoming Carrie Hane to lead our new Content Strategy Relations team - Blog post
Welcoming Carrie Hane to Sanity, as we launch a new Content Strategy Relations team. Together, we will scale the knowledge of Structured Content within and outside our platform.
It takes a village: Announcing our series B - Blog post
To build our product, community, and organization we have raised a $39 million Series B round led by ICONIQ Growth, with participation from Lead Edge Capital as well as existing investors.
Content Is Data - The vision for a Platform for Structured Content - Blog post
We’ve talked about the importance of structured content since the start, let's drill down into why we believe in treating content as data, and how Sanity help you get there
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2020: In Review - Blog post
Entering 2020 we hoped to continue the great journey that we left behind in 2019. Looking back now, we are proud to conclude we did that, and more.
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Redefining content collaboration with $9.3M in new funding - Blog post
We are proud to announce our Series A led by Threshold Ventures, and share our thoughts on how we are redefining content management
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Black Lives Matter - Blog post
Our first steps to hold ourselves accountable in preventing systemic racism.
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COVID-19 update from the Sanity team - Blog post
As the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates throughout the world we’re adjusting to the new normal. We are in the fortunate position of being able to carry on with our business and also want to support corona-related initatives.
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We’re part of The Next Web’s TECH5 of Norway! - Blog post
We have been chosen by The Next Web as one of Norway's Top 5 tech startups.
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Welcome our new team member: Anders! - Blog post
Hiring great people is key, and that makes us extra happy to announce a new team member joining Sanity.io!
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How to Sanity.io - our values described - Blog post
Company culture is the manifestation of how we interact. Among ourselves, and with our clients, collaborators and loved ones. It is our firm belief that there can not be a great company without a great culture.
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We are looking for Account Executive to drive our US sales - Blog post
We are looking for our first US-based Account Executive to handle high-growth in the Americas and help shape our global sales strategy - is this you or someone you know?
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Taking Sanity.io to the next level - Blog post
Announcing our latest fundraising, our new office in San Francisco, and joining the Heavybit accelerator.
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Our team is growing. Welcome Radhe, Jacob, Jørn and Rune! - Blog post
We are so happy to announce four new team members joining Sanity.io!
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Welcoming our new engineering manager, Jemmima! - Blog post
We’re delighted to announce that Jemmima Knight is joining Sanity.io as Engineering Manager.
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About Magnus
Magnus is a recovering finance professional turned n00b developer. He started learning to code as a passion project on the side of a long standing career in private equity and consulting. He became so convinced of technology's importance to the future of work that he quit his job to pursue it in earnest. He met his co-founders Simen, Even and Øyind shortly thereafter, and the rest is history. Now, Magnus leads Sanity as a co-founder and CEO.
Drawing from his 17 years of experience counseling business executives through industry shifts and trends, he now shepherds Sanity's global customer base through the digital transformation of content.
Magnus lives in Oakland, California with his wife and two rock trolls. He loves to build random LEGO sets and make fish tacos with his kids, as well as explore the California river delta.