Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B
In Brief Posted: 4:30 AM PDT · August 4, 2026 Image Credits:Airtable / Ivan Mehta Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed to buy spreadsheet and database startup Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash. Founded in 2013, Airtable has so far raised over $1.4 billion over multiple funding rounds. At its peak, during the boom days of 2021, it was valued at over $11 billion, but earlier this year, its shares were said to be trading on the secondary markets at a valuation of $4 billion.
- ▪In Brief Posted: 4:30 AM PDT · August 4, 2026 Image Credits:Airtable / Ivan Mehta Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed to buy spr
- ▪Founded in 2013, Airtable has so far raised over $1.4 billion over multiple funding rounds.
- ▪At its peak, during the boom days of 2021, it was valued at over $11 billion, but earlier this year, its shares were said to be trading on the secondary markets at a valuation of $4 billion.
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In Brief Posted: 4:30 AM PDT · August 4, 2026 Image Credits:Airtable / Ivan Mehta Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B In its first acquisition since going public last month, Bending Spoons on Tuesday said that it has agreed to buy spreadsheet and database startup Airtable for $1.28 billion in cash. Founded in 2013, Airtable has so far raised over $1.4 billion over multiple funding rounds. At its peak, during the boom days of 2021, it was valued at over $11 billion, but earlier this year, its shares were said to be trading on the secondary markets at a valuation of $4 billion. With its current net cash-and-cash-equivalents balance, Airtable is now valued at about $2.25 billion, Bending Spoons said.
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