Bending Spoons says it will cut a large part of Airtable workforce after $1.28B acquisition

Bending Spoons announced plans to cut a "large part" of Airtable’s workforce after completing an all-cash acquisition of Airtable valued at about $1.28 billion. The announcement, posted on X by Federico Simionato and described in a company blog post, said the affected Airtable employees will receive "substantial separation packages," but did not disclose the number of people who will be let go. A company spokesperson told Business Insider it was "not able to share additional details on the number of individuals impacted."

California’s Employment Development Department confirmed no Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) layoff advisories have been filed for the companies, a detail the company and reporting outlets noted as they covered the cuts. The acquisition was variously reported as an enterprise value near $1.28 billion and $1.285 billion; the deal closed after Bending Spoons announced it had entered a definitive agreement to buy Airtable. One business report cited Airtable’s revenue and growth metrics, saying Airtable had reported annual recurring revenue of approximately $480 million as of June 2026 and year-on-year growth above 20%. That same report summarized Bending Spoons’ scale, noting the company said it served more than 500 million monthly active users, had over 9 million monthly paying customers in March 2026, and that more than 500,000 organisations use its platform. Public reporting and company statements differ in emphasis: the announcement and company blog highlighted plans to reorganise Airtable around a new Core team to prioritise customer requests and infrastructure and AI upgrades, while media outlets focused on the workforce reductions and the absence of a WARN filing. A company spokesperson declined to provide numerical details on job losses when asked by Business Insider, leaving the scale of cuts unspecified in public reports. The firm’s blog and executives framed the move as a reorganisation tied to product and infrastructure priorities; reporting outlets reproduced that account and contrasted it with labour-notification records that show no formal WARN filings. Independent coverage also placed the Airtable action in the broader context of technology-industry layoffs in 2026, citing other companies’ cuts and regional layoff tallies, but did not provide additional company-specific casualty numbers for Airtable. At this stage, reporting confirms the acquisition price range, the company’s public statement that a "large part" of the workforce will be cut, the promise of "substantial separation packages," and the absence of a WARN notice in California records; it does not confirm how many employees will be affected, any timetable for the layoffs, or which specific teams or offices will be reduced.