Interesting. Although I understand this to mean that Wordpress hosted some of the deal copy. The group buying logic would have been served up by those embedded widgets talking to The Point's server logic. My understanding is still: early Groupon = hacked together front end (Wordpress I guess) + slightly modified group buying system from The Point + hacked together fulfillment system. But I'm not 100% certain I'm right about this. It's based on old bar conversations with a few early Grouponers, and given the quality and quantity of beer consumed I could certainly be misremembering.

I saw the earliest Groupon deals. I am almost 100% positive they consisted of a Wordpress install as the base with an embedded js/flash box powered by The Point tech that had all the deal stuff in it.

So yes, they did use WP. And yes, they did use The Point. I figure they created a Point project that happened to be a group coupon, and then embedded the widget on a wordpress blog.