Airtable lays off much of its team as CEO bets 'small teams ship more and better'
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-15
- Airtable CEO Federico Simionato announced the company is laying off a large part of the team, stressing it reflects not employee performance but the belief that "small teams ship more and better."
- Post-reorg plans: a new Core team shipping top user requests monthly (already 30+ shipped in 3 weeks); upgrades to Omni, Airtable Canvas, a stronger MCP and BYO agents; new Performance and Infra teams to speed up bases and raise limits on records, fields and syncs.
- He thanked departing employees and urged hiring companies to reach out.
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