Airbyte, Inc.

About Airbyte, Inc.

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Airbyte, Inc.

All products by Airbyte, Inc. reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

AirbyteAI Data Tools

Open-source data integration with 600+ connectors for ELT pipelines

Free8.2/10

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Competitive Landscape

Who Airbyte, Inc. competes with, and how they differ.

Fivetran, Inc.8.1/10

Closed-source, fully managed ELT SaaS with usage-based pricing tied to monthly active rows, targeting enterprises that want a hands-off managed service versus Airbyte's open-source, self-hostable connector model.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

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Informatica7.4/10

Legacy enterprise data integration and iPaaS platform with broader data management/governance suite and enterprise licensing, serving large regulated organizations rather than the developer-led, open-source community Airbyte targets.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

Mage7.1/10

Open-source data pipeline tool focused more on transformation and orchestration workflows for data engineers, with a smaller connector catalog than Airbyte's 400+ integrations.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

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Meltano

Open-source, CLI-first ELT framework built on the Singer spec, appealing to engineering teams that want code-first, git-based pipeline management as an alternative to Airbyte's UI-driven connector platform.

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Airbyte, Inc.'s history, with sources.

1. Feb 19, 2026Launch

   Agent Engine enters public beta

   Airbyte's Agent Engine entered public beta with 20+ agent connectors including Salesforce, HubSpot and GitHub, adding managed OAuth authentication and a Context Store for AI agents.

   airbyte.com
2. December 2025Launch

   Agent Connectors launched

   Airbyte introduced Agent Connectors, open-source Python connectors giving AI agents real-time access to operational data sources.

   airbyte.com
3. Sep 24, 2024Launch

   Airbyte 1.0 launched with AI Assistant and connector Marketplace

   Airbyte released version 1.0, introducing an AI Assistant for building connectors, a connector Marketplace, and expanded generative-AI support.

   airbyte.com
4. Mar 14, 2024Milestone

   5,000 no-code connectors and Snowflake Elite partner status

   Airbyte announced more than 5,000 connectors built with its no-code builder, Elite tier partner status from Snowflake, a DataStax GenAI integration, and revenue up 4x over the prior six months.

   businesswire.com
5. Feb 28, 2024Launch

   Winter Release 2024 — PyAirbyte public beta, Enterprise SSO and RBAC

   Airbyte's Winter Release introduced PyAirbyte in public beta alongside Multitenancy, Single Sign-On and Role-Based Access Control for Self-Managed Enterprise deployments.

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6. April 2022Launch

   Airbyte Cloud reaches general availability

   Airbyte launched the general availability of Airbyte Cloud, a fully managed version of its open-source data integration platform, following a limited beta since October 2021.

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7. Dec 17, 2021Funding

   Series B — $150M led by Altimeter Capital and Coatue Management

   Airbyte closed a $150 million Series B led by Altimeter Capital and Coatue Management at a $1.5 billion post-money valuation, its third funding round in 2021.

   businesswire.com
8. May 25, 2021Funding

   Series A — $26M led by Benchmark

   Two months after its seed round, Airbyte closed a $26 million Series A led by Benchmark to expand engineering and Airbyte Cloud development.

   techcrunch.com
9. Mar 2, 2021Funding

   Seed — $5.2M led by Accel

   Airbyte raised a $5.2 million seed round led by Accel, with participation from Y Combinator, 8VC and angel investors.

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10. July 2020Founded

    Airbyte founded

    Michel Tricot and John Lafleur founded Airbyte in San Francisco after pivoting from an earlier Y Combinator W20 startup, building an open-source data integration platform.

    airbyte.com