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Airtable

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A company that experienced significant growth and was sold for a reasonable price according to the speaker's perspective. observed

fresh · evidence today 10 sources no confidence data
—/100
Developer momentum
Why this score? ↓

What we have established three decisions, kept apart

  1. 1 Identity verified Not recorded

    No person- or entity-level identity check is on record for this company. A name match is not one.

  2. 2 Evidence sufficient to publish Yes

    The inclusion bar: two or more independent sourced evidence families. This profile is published and listed. It is a statement about how much evidence we hold, and about nothing else.

  3. 3 Fit for a seed/Series-A sourcing buyer Not established

    We have not established fit. That is not a soft no and not a soft yes — it is unknown, and it is never counted as a qualified prospect.

    UNKNOWN (not a soft no, never counted as qualified). Blocker: No source states a band-bearing stage for any financing event we hold.

    Venture backing: not found · Stage band: UNKNOWN — No source states a band-bearing stage for any financing event we hold.

    What would overturn this:

    Assessed 2026-10-24 for seed/Series-A sourcing.

Funding
no round
Adoption
no signal
downloads / week
Developer
not scored
momentum / 100
Hiring
no board
eng openings
Commercial
not checked
homepage

Composite signal v0 insufficient evidence — 1 of 5 components

Five evidence lanes (activity, capital, infra, hiring, ecosystem) as within-cohort percentiles, combined with evidence-breadth weights over the 60-company baseline cohort. The ± band widens with missing lanes — it measures what the score stands on. Scores publish at 2+ evidence lanes; this company's tape carries 1 (6 signals/60d), so no number is claimed.

Traction

No traction data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.

Current round

No fundraising data yet. This category is part of the record and will populate as evidence is collected or the founder provides it.

Opportunity & risk

No standout signal or flag yet.

9 independent sources 0 promoted signals inspect the evidence →

The skeptic's read what this company has said, judged against what happened

2 claims on record 1 verified 1 contradicted 0 still unproven

Sharpest miss on record: “Airtable will have a successful IPO in the future.” — Airtable has not gone public and has not had an IPO; the company remains private as of now.

Unproven ≠ false — it means the deadline or the evidence hasn't arrived. Nothing here is editorial: every count is a ledger row you can open on the Proof page.

Evaluation

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What people are saying 11 signals from 1 voice ▾
Technology No signals collected yet ▾
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Market & funding stage No signals collected yet ▾
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Evidence & scoring

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Capital timeline every dated signal, across tiers

  1. rumor Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal ↗
  2. rumor Bending Spoons entered definitive agreement to acquire Airtable for $1.28B ↗
  3. rumor Bending Spoons acquires Airtable for $1.25B ↗
  4. rumor Bending Spoons is acquiring Airtable for $1.285B ↗
  5. rumor Google is shutting down Tables, its Airtable rival ↗
  6. rumor Google is shutting down Tables, its Airtable rival ↗
  7. rumor Airtable acquires Airplane ↗
  8. rumor Airtable Lays Off 27% of Firm, Shifts Focus to Big Clients ↗
  9. rumor Airtable lays off 20% of staff ↗
  10. rumor Airtable lays off over 250 ↗
  11. rumor Airtable raises $185M and launches new low-code and automation features ↗
  12. rumor Airtable CEO on the continued importance of getting a ‘unicorn’ valuation ↗
  13. rumor Airtable raises $100M at a $1.1B valuation ↗
  14. rumor Airtable gets $52M in funding ↗
  15. rumor With $3M In Funding, Airtable Makes Complex Databases Usable On Your Phone ↗

Community chatter Hacker News · Tier 3 · unverified manip. risk high · 1

Gray-market attention, not quality. 50+ HN mentions (peak 802 points). Claim-shaped headlines are rumors until corroborated — a Tier-3 factual claim carries no evidentiary weight on its own. Risk drivers: 4 recent unverified rumors circulating · heavy gray-market attention · no primary-source corroboration. ▲ 802 Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative 2021-03-13 ↗

Raw observations 63 records ▾
AttributeValueKindSourceObservedStateConf.
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buyer_fit.status unknown observed assessment 2026-10-24 normalized 0.90
common_name Airtable observed intelligence.claims 2026-10-01 normalized 0.90
community.hn.max_points 802 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-26 normalized 0.20
community.hn.mentions 50 observed artifact ↗ 2026-09-26 normalized 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16594743", "title": "Airtable gets $52M in funding", "points": 459, "created_at": "2018-03-15", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverif observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-04 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16594743", "title": "Airtable gets $52M in funding", "points": 459, "created_at": "2018-03-15", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverif observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-04 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16594743", "title": "Airtable gets $52M in funding", "points": 459, "created_at": "2018-03-15", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverif observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-04 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16594743", "title": "Airtable gets $52M in funding", "points": 459, "created_at": "2018-03-15", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverif observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-04 superseded 0.20
community.hn.rumors [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16594743", "title": "Airtable gets $52M in funding", "points": 459, "created_at": "2018-03-15", "evidence_type": "rumor", "verification_status": "unverif observed artifact ↗ 2026-08-04 normalized 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448985", "title": "Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative", "points": 802, "created_at": "2021-03-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-03-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448985", "title": "Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative", "points": 802, "created_at": "2021-03-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-03-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448985", "title": "Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative", "points": 802, "created_at": "2021-03-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-03-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448985", "title": "Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative", "points": 802, "created_at": "2021-03-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-03-13 superseded 0.20
community.hn.top_story {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26448985", "title": "Baserow.io – Self-hosted Airtable alternative", "points": 802, "created_at": "2021-03-13"} observed artifact ↗ 2021-03-13 normalized 0.20
description A company that experienced significant growth and was sold for a reasonable price according to the speaker's perspective. observed artifact ↗ 2026-10-09 normalized 0.60
sector emerging derived calc 2026-09-28 normalized 0.50
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