Headquarters
San Francisco, CAFounded
2012CEO / Founder
Howie LiuEmployees
1001-5000Funding
Series D+ — $1.4BProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
6.9/10Website
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Airtable is a San Francisco-based software company founded in 2012 by Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad, and Emmett Nicholas. The company offers a cloud-based platform that merges spreadsheet-style interfaces with relational database capabilities, allowing teams to build custom applications and manage structured data without writing code.
Airtable's core product allows users to create tables, link records across bases, and build views such as grids, calendars, kanban boards, and galleries. The platform supports automation, integrations with third-party tools, and an API for programmatic access. It is used across industries for use cases including content calendars, product roadmaps, CRM systems, and operational tracking. Enterprise customers include organizations in media, technology, and financial services.
Airtable has raised approximately $1.4 billion in total funding across multiple rounds, including a $735 million Series F round in 2021 that valued the company at $11 billion. Notable investors include Benchmark, Thrive Capital, and Salesforce Ventures. The company employs roughly 1,000 to 2,000 people as of recent estimates and has not pursued a public offering as of early 2025.
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Who Airtable competes with, and how they differ.
monday.com is board-centric Work OS sold on a heavier marketing-led SMB/mid-market motion with tiered per-seat pricing; Airtable is built around a relational database (linked records across tables) rather than a single-board view, aimed at structured data workflows.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedSmartsheet is grid- and Gantt-first, oriented toward traditional PMO/portfolio management with IT-approved enterprise rollouts and per-user licensing; Airtable is more general-purpose for any structured data workflow, with a stronger no-code app and interface-building layer.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedNotion is a docs-and-wiki-first workspace with lightweight databases embedded in pages, priced for prosumer/team knowledge management; Airtable is database-first with a stricter spreadsheet-grid model built for heavier operational workflows and enterprise app-building (Interfaces, Automations) at higher list prices.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedClickUp bundles docs, tasks, chat and goals into one all-in-one suite at aggressively low per-seat pricing for cost-conscious SMBs; Airtable focuses narrowly on structured data and app-building rather than being an all-in-one work suite, and prices higher for its database/automation depth.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedQuickbase targets larger enterprises building custom no-code business applications, with heavier governance/compliance features and higher platform pricing; Airtable trades some of that governance depth for faster time-to-value and broader prosumer adoption.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedCoda merges docs and spreadsheets into a single canvas with embedded "packs" for added functionality, aimed at teams wanting one doc to replace several tools; Airtable keeps data and interface layers more separated (base plus interface builder) and leans more relational-database-oriented than doc-first.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedKey milestones in Airtable's history, with sources.
Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Airtable for $1.28B cash
Nasdaq-listed Bending Spoons announced an all-cash deal for Airtable at a $1.28B purchase price; Bending Spoons said that with Airtable's net cash balance the company is valued at about $2.25B. Airtable reported ARR of about $480M as of June 2026, growing over 20% YoY.
techcrunch.comLaunches Superagent, its first standalone new product in 13 years
Built on the DeepSky acquisition, Superagent orchestrates teams of AI agents for research and analysis tasks, marking Airtable's pivot to a multi-product, AI-native company.
techcrunch.comAcquires DeepSky and hires David Azose (ex-OpenAI) as CTO
Airtable acquired DeepSky (formerly Gradient), an AI "superagent" startup that had raised about $40M, and appointed David Azose, former engineering lead for ChatGPT's business products at OpenAI, as CTO.
upstartsmedia.comAcquires Dopt, an onboarding-experience startup
Airtable acquired Dopt to bring its team into Airtable's AI group; deal terms were not disclosed.
techcrunch.comSeries F — $735M led by XN, valuing Airtable at $11B
The round brought Airtable's total funding to $1.36B at an $11B pre-money valuation, with new investors including Salesforce Ventures and Michael Dell's MSD Capital.
airtable.comSeries E — $270M led by Greenoaks Capital
The round valued Airtable at $5.77B post-money, more than doubling its valuation from the September 2020 Series D.
airtable.comSeries D — $185M led by Thrive Capital
The round valued Airtable at $2.5B, with participation from Benchmark, Coatue, Caffeinated Capital, CRV and new investor D1 Capital Partners.
news.crunchbase.comSeries C — $100M led by Thrive Capital, Benchmark and Coatue Management
The round made Airtable a unicorn at a $1.1B valuation, with the company reporting over 80,000 businesses using its platform at the time.
techcrunch.comSeed — $3M led by Freestyle Capital and Caffeinated Capital
The round backed Airtable's public launch, combining a spreadsheet-style interface with a relational database, accessible on web and mobile.
techcrunch.comAirtable founded by Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad and Emmett Nicholas
The San Francisco company (legally Formagrid, Inc.) set out to combine the ease of a spreadsheet with the power of a relational database.
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