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How Airtable Won Spreadsheet Users Without Being a Spreadsheet
In Episode 109 of Startup Stories, Lucas and Luna unpack how Airtable built a billion-dollar business by positioning itself as a database for the rest of us — not a spreadsheet replacement. They trace the company's early pivot from a failed gaming app to a product that combined the familiarity of Excel with the power of a relational database. Key numbers: Airtable hit 300,000 paying organizations by 2024 and reached a $11 billion valuation in its 2024 funding round. The hosts discuss founder Howie Liu's insight that most business software is too rigid, how the company grew through…
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