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Series F · Founded 2012

Airtable

Relational database with a spreadsheet interface, used to build internal operational apps.

San Francisco780 employeesCEO Howie Liuairtable.com

Overview

Airtable occupies the space between a spreadsheet and a bespoke internal tool. Its enterprise repositioning around connected apps was a response to a persistent problem: the free tier's popularity never mapped cleanly to large-account revenue.

Key metrics

ARR
$420M

Estimated

Organisations
500,000+
Fortune 500 penetration
80%
Enterprise share of revenue
68%

Products

Timeline

  1. 2015

    Public launch

    Shipped the spreadsheet-database hybrid that defined the category.

  2. 2021

    $11B valuation

    Raised $735M at the peak of the no-code cycle.

  3. 2024

    Enterprise pivot

    Repositioned around connected app platform and admin governance.

  4. 2026

    App generation

    Natural-language app building shipped to enterprise tiers.

Compensation at Airtable

Reported median total compensation by role.

Competitors