Plane, an open-source project management platform, has acquired Sort, a U.S.-based engineering team with deep roots in enterprise software and AI-driven systems.
With this acquisition, Plane is expanding its U.S. presence, strengthening its footprint in the region. The U.S. expansion is expected to drive growth in enterprise pilots, on-prem deployments, and long-term customer relationships.
The Sort team brings deep expertise in AI-native architectures and enterprise project workflows, strengthening Plane’s position as a modern, self-managed alternative to traditional, monolithic project management software. With this integration, Plane advances its goal of building a flexible, intelligent work platform.
The acquisition comes 18 months after Plane secured $4 million in seed funding.
Founded in 2022 by Vamsi Kurama and Vihar Kurama, Plane is a unified work platform that brings together task management, wiki, and project timelines. Plane supports advanced features like custom workflows, role-based access control, audit logs, and air-gapped deployments for regulated environments. The platform has already attracted more than 1,000,000 users across its cloud offering and open-source community, with consistent organic adoption driven by developer advocacy and community engagement.
Vamsi Kurama, CEO, Plane, said, “Bringing the Sort team into Plane and expanding into the U.S. are meaningful steps as we scale both our technology and our community. Our focus remains on building a platform that’s not just open-core in principle, but also in practice—designed to give teams full ownership of their workflows, data, and future.”
