--- title: Bending Spoons is buying Airtable for $1.285bn: “We’re... description: Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the company at $1.285bn enterprise value (roughly $2.25bn equity value including net... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bending-spoons-is-buying-airtable-for-1-285bn-we-re-committed-for-the-long-run--fwpnoepku twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bending Spoons is buying Airtable for $1.285bn: “We’re committed for the long run” | daily.dev og:description: Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the company at $1.285bn enterprise value (roughly $2.25bn equity value including net... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bending-spoons-is-buying-airtable-for-1-285bn-we-re-committed-for-the-long-run--fwpnoepku og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FWpNoePKU.png og:image:alt: Bending Spoons is buying Airtable for $1.285bn: “We’re committed for the long run” og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bending Spoons is buying Airtable for $1.285bn: “We’re committed for the long run” **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bending Spoons has agreed to acquire Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the company at $1.285bn enterprise value (roughly $2.25bn equity value including net cash). Airtable, founded in 2013, serves over 500,000 organizations including 80% of the Fortune 100, with ~$480m ARR growing 20%+ year-over-year. Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari frames it as a long-term investment, but the company's track record with Evernote and WeTransfer — marked by deep layoffs, price hikes, and reduced free tiers — raises questions about what 'long-term' means for Airtable's 500,000 dependent organizations. This is Bending Spoons' largest acquisition to date and its first major enterprise-software bet, signaling a strategic shift from consumer apps toward enterprise workflow platforms. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Bending Spoons to buy Airtable for $1.28B](https://daily.dev/posts/bending-spoons-to-buy-airtable-for-1-28b-mbubvl0fb) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [What is Bending Spoons? 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