Who owns Airtable now, and when did the deal close?
Bending Spoons owns Airtable. The acquisition closed on September 4, 2026. Bending Spoons' own release, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, says it acquired 100% of Airtable's issued and outstanding shares in an all-cash transaction. Fortune reported the agreement on August 5, 2026, as Bending Spoons' first deal since its July listing.
The filing confirms the date, the structure and the new owner. It does not disclose a price, and it does not say what will happen to Airtable's plans or features. This page keeps to those facts.
What did the Bending Spoons release actually say?
The release is short. It names the completion date and states the cash structure. It describes Airtable as now part of Bending Spoons. Airtable's own newsroom carries a post with the same headline, "Airtable is now part of Bending Spoons".
| Item | What is confirmed | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Agreement reported | August 2026, reported by Fortune on August 5 | Fortune news report |
| Deal completed | September 4, 2026 | Bending Spoons release, SEC exhibit 99.1 |
| Structure | All cash, 100% of issued shares | Bending Spoons release, SEC exhibit 99.1 |
| Airtable's status | Part of Bending Spoons | Airtable newsroom |
| Price | Not disclosed in the release | Not confirmed here |
| Plan or pricing changes | None found in the sources we read on October 5, 2026 | Press coverage and Airtable newsroom; Airtable's pricing page not re-read here |
Bending Spoons' portfolio also includes AOL, Brightcove, Eventbrite, Evernote, Tractive, Vimeo and WeTransfer, according to its own listing. That tells you what the parent company owns. It does not tell you what it plans to do with Airtable.
Is Airtable's pricing going to change?
We found no announced change. The sources we read on October 5, 2026 do not show a new price or plan, and we did not re-read Airtable's pricing page for this article. Anyone who says a price rise is coming is guessing.
There is a track record worth knowing, though. Press coverage of the deal points to Bending Spoons' earlier acquisitions. In products such as Evernote and WeTransfer, free tiers were reduced after the sale, and existing users were moved onto the new limits. That is a pattern from other products, not a forecast for Airtable. It is a reason to keep your exports current and to read the plan terms when they change, not a reason to leave.
Does an acquisition break an Airtable automation?
Usually not on the day it closes. What breaks an integration is a change to the API, a row or record limit, or a plan rule that removes a feature your flow depends on. Those changes come with notice in the terms or the developer pages, so they are the things to watch.
Airtable often sits in the middle of a sales flow. A form writes a record, an automation reads it, and a CRM or a text tool picks it up. If a field is renamed, or a view that the automation filters on is changed, the flow breaks quietly. That is the risk to plan for, and it does not depend on who owns the company.
What should an Airtable team do now?
- Export your live bases. Keep a dated CSV or JSON copy of every base that drives a process. This takes an afternoon and protects you whatever happens next.
- List every automation that reads or writes Airtable. Include the trigger, the field names and the owner. Most surprises come from a renamed field or a filtered view.
- Record your API use. Note which endpoints each integration calls and how often. Keep that next to your plan's stated limits, and re-check the limits when your plan changes.
- Save your plan terms. Copy the current terms and keep any notice you receive from Airtable.
- Test a second tool on a copy. If you are considering a move, try one non-critical base in another tool first. Do not move a live sales base in a hurry.
None of these steps requires a decision about Airtable's future. They are what a careful team would do anyway, because they let you rebuild your own data if you ever need to.
What do the migration vendors say?
Competitors have written about the deal, and some sell an alternative. Softr's post Bending Spoons acquired Airtable: why and how to migrate makes the case for moving. Softr sells a product that competes with Airtable, so read its argument as a sales case. The same goes for any migration guide written by a vendor that would gain customers.
The useful test is practical. Can you export, rebuild and check your data within a week? If yes, you have options whatever Airtable does next. If no, the problem is the missing copy, and that is worth fixing now.
Where does Airtable fit in a lead or sales stack?
Airtable is strong at structured records that need light workflow: a catalogue, a request queue, a project tracker. It is a weaker fit as the only system for a sales pipeline that also needs call logging, text messages and bookings in one place.
A split that works well keeps Airtable for the structured data and moves the pipeline into a CRM such as GoHighLevel. The automation tool, such as n8n or Zapier, carries the records between them. Our Airtable database automation page explains how we set those connections up, and the API integrations page covers when a custom connection is worth the cost.
A lead that moves from a form to a booked call passes through several of these systems. The AI workflow automation and CRM automation pages show how that path is built. The speed to lead statistics explain why a pipeline that depends on a manual export is a risk: the lead waits while someone copies rows.
Frequently asked questions
Has Airtable raised its prices since the Bending Spoons deal?
Not in anything we could confirm on October 5, 2026. The sources we read show no new price or plan, but check Airtable's pricing page yourself before you plan around it. Save a copy of your plan terms, so you can compare them if that changes.
Should I stop building on Airtable?
There is no source-backed reason to stop today. The sensible step is to keep a current export and a map of your automations, so a move is possible if you need one.
Can I still build new automations on Airtable?
Yes. Nothing in the confirmed sources stops new builds. Before you build, check the API limits in your current plan, and document the field names so the build survives a future change.
What does Bending Spoons usually do with the products it buys?
Press coverage describes a pattern of revisiting pricing and free tiers after a purchase. That is a pattern from other products, not a stated plan for Airtable, so treat it as a reason to keep your exports current.
This page reflects public sources checked on October 5, 2026. If Airtable runs a live sales process for you and you want an export and a dependency map, contact us for a free audit. The research section lists the other figures we have traced.
