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Type of site | Collaborative software |
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| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | One Front Street San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Industry | Internet |
| URL | airtable |
| Registration | Required |
| Current status | Active |
Airtable is an American cloud collaboration service company headquartered in San Francisco. It was founded in 2012 by Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad, and Emmett Nicholas. It provides spreadsheet, database, and AI agent services.
History
editAirtable was founded in 2012 by Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad, and Emmett Nicholas.[citation needed]
In February 2015, Airtable raised $3 million from Caffeinated Capital, Freestyle Capital, Data Collective, and CrunchFund.[1] In May 2015, the company secured an additional $7.6 million in funding from Charles River Ventures and Ashton Kutcher.[2]
In March 2018, Airtable raised $52 million in Series B funding, followed by the announcement of the launch of Airtable Blocks.[3] In November 2018 it raised $100 million in Series C funding.[4]
In September 2020, Airtable raised $185 million in Series D funding.[5] This was followed by a Series E funding round in March 2021, where Airtable secured $270 million,[6] led by Greenoaks with participation from WndrCo, Caffeinated Capital, CRV, and Thrive.[7]
The company's growth culminated in December 2021 when Airtable raised $735 million in a Series F funding round, boosting its valuation to $11 billion.[8]
In December 2022, the company laid off 254 employees which was one-fifth of the company's workforce. Three executives also left at this time.[9]
In September 2023, Airtable laid off an additional 237 of its employees.[10]
In October 2025, Airtable acquired DeepSky (formerly Gradient), an AI research and analysis startup that had raised approximately $40 million in venture funding. Concurrently, the company hired David Azose, previously at OpenAI, as its new chief technology officer.[11]
In January 2026, Airtable launched Hyperagent, originally known as Superagent, as a standalone product. The system, based on DeepSky technology, coordinates specialized AI agents working in parallel to perform research and analysis tasks.[12][13]
Products
editAirtable is a spreadsheet-database hybrid, with the features of a database but applied to a spreadsheet. The fields in an Airtable table are similar to cells in a spreadsheet, but have types such as 'checkbox', 'phone number', and 'drop-down list', and can reference file attachments like images.[14][15]
Users can create a database, set up column types, add records, link tables to one another, collaborate, sort records and publish views to external websites. Users cannot download their database in full, but can download some of the data by manually downloading CSVs for each table.[16]
Updates
edit- April 2015: Airtable launches its API and embedded databases.[17]
- July 2015: Introduced Airtable Forms to collect and organize data.[18]
- August 2015: Airtable made "Add to Slack" option available to integrate Airtable with Slack.[19]
- December 2015: Airtable redesigned its iOS app.[20]
- December 2015: Airtable introduced barcode as new field type.[21]
- June 2023: Airtable launched a beta program and expanding access to Airtable AI.[22]
- June 2025: Airtable relaunched as an AI-native app.[23]
- January 2026: Airtable launched Superagent, an AI agent.[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lawler, Ryan (February 25, 2015). "With $3M in Funding, Airtable Makes Complex Databases Usable on Your Mobile Phone". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ Tweney, Dylan (June 29, 2015). "Airtable lands $7.6M round to help build simple, extensible database apps". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "Airtable Raises $52 Million and Launches Airtable Blocks, a Powerful DIY Software Creation Platform for Non-Coders". BusinessWire (Press release). San Francisco. March 15, 2018. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (November 15, 2018). "Airtable, maker of a coding platform for non-techies, raises $100M at a $1.1B valuation". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (September 14, 2020). "Airtable raises $185M and launches new low-code and automation features". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ 云协作服务平台独角兽：Airtable（Formagrid, Inc.） [Cloud-based software company Airtable] (in Chinese). mg21. April 20, 2021. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
- ^ Crook, Jordan (March 15, 2021). "Airtable is now valued at $5.77B with a fresh $270 million in Series E funding". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ de León, Riley (December 13, 2021). "Software start-up Airtable hits $11 billion valuation in latest funding, adds Salesforce, Michael Dell as investors". CNBC. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
- ^ Bote, Joshua (December 9, 2022). "San Francisco tech unicorn Airtable lays off a fifth of staff as multiple execs exit". SFGATE. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
- ^ Council, Stephen (September 19, 2023). "'Sickening feeling': SF tech CEO blames himself as Airtable lays off more than 230 workers again". SFGATE. Archived from the original on September 20, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023.
- ^ a b "Airtable jumps into the AI agent game with Superagent". TechCrunch. January 27, 2026. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
- ^ Loizos, Connie (January 27, 2026). "Airtable jumps into the AI agent game with Superagent". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- ^ "Howie Liu, Airtable CEO: A Fortt Knox Update". CNBC. February 27, 2026. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- ^ Porter, William (February 23, 2016). "Airtable review: A drop-dead easy relational database management system". Macworld. Archived from the original on January 7, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ Martin, James A. (April 2, 2016). "3 ways Airtable for iOS can help you ditch spreadsheets". CIO. Archived from the original on June 27, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ "Airtable Technical Requirements | Airtable Support". Airtable. March 15, 2024. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
- ^ Russell, Kyle (April 30, 2015). "Airtable Launches Its API And Embedded Databases". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "Create Forms in a Snap!". Airtable. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "Airtable and Slack: Keeping Your Team In Sync". Airtable. August 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "Airtable Introduces Newly Redesigned iOS App to Make Database Creation Available to Anyone With an iPhone". Marketwired (Press release). December 9, 2015. Archived from the original on December 13, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "A Brief History of Barcodes". Airtable. December 23, 2015. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ^ "Airtable launches beta program for no-code AI-powered app deployment". SiliconANGLE. June 27, 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
- ^ Liu, Howie (June 24, 2025). "The AI-Native Airtable Has Arrived: A Letter from our CEO". Airtable (Press release). Archived from the original on July 12, 2025. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
