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Bending Spoons acquires Airtable for $1.28bn as enterprise software consolidation gathers pace

8/7/2026

Enterprise software consolidation has accelerated among newly public technology groups, and Bending Spoons is making that trend concrete.

The Italian conglomerate has agreed to acquire US-based Airtable in an all-cash deal worth $1.28 billion, implying an equity value of nearly $2.25 billion once Airtable's net cash and cash equivalents are counted in.

A business with real traction Airtable is a cloud collaboration platform that combines spreadsheet-style interfaces with database functionality, letting teams build custom applications without writing code.

More than 500,000 organisations use the platform, including 80% of the Fortune 100. Annual recurring revenue reached approximately $480 million as of June 2026, growing at more than 20% year on year.

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