<s>
Airtable	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
collaboration	I-General_Concept
service	O
headquartered	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Airtable	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
spreadsheet-database	O
hybrid	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
database	O
but	O
applied	O
to	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fields	O
in	O
an	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
table	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
cells	O
in	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
but	O
have	O
types	O
such	O
as	O
'	O
checkbox	O
 '	O
,	O
'	O
phone	O
number	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
'	O
drop-down	O
list	O
 '	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
reference	O
file	O
attachments	O
like	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
create	O
a	O
database	O
,	O
set	O
up	O
column	O
types	O
,	O
add	O
records	O
,	O
link	B-Application
tables	I-Application
to	O
one	O
another	O
,	O
collaborate	O
,	O
sort	O
records	O
and	O
publish	O
views	O
to	O
external	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2015	O
:	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
launches	O
its	O
API	B-Application
and	O
embedded	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
2015	O
:	O
Introduced	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
Forms	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
organize	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
2015	O
:	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
made	O
"	O
Add	O
to	O
Slack	O
"	O
option	O
available	O
to	O
integrate	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
with	O
Slack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2015	O
:	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
redesigned	O
its	O
iOS	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2015	O
:	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
introduced	O
barcode	O
as	O
new	O
field	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2018	O
:	O
Raised	O
$52	O
million	O
in	O
Series	O
B	O
funding	O
;	O
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
Blocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2021	O
:	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
raised	O
$735	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
Series	O
F	O
funding	O
round	O
that	O
boosted	O
its	O
valuation	O
to	O
$11	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2022	O
:	O
Airtable	B-General_Concept
CEO	O
and	O
co-founder	O
Howie	O
Liu	O
informed	O
employees	O
that	O
a	O
fifth	O
of	O
them	O
would	O
be	O
laid	O
off	O
,	O
stating	O
:	O
“	O
In	O
trying	O
to	O
do	O
too	O
many	O
things	O
at	O
once	O
,	O
we	O
have	O
grown	O
our	O
organization	O
at	O
a	O
breakneck	O
pace	O
over	O
the	O
past	O
few	O
years	O
....	O
We	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
emphasize	O
growth	O
,	O
but	O
do	O
so	O
by	O
investing	O
heavily	O
in	O
the	O
levers	O
that	O
yield	O
the	O
highest	O
growth	O
relative	O
to	O
their	O
cost.	O
”	O
Three	O
months	O
prior	O
to	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
Liu	O
purchased	O
a	O
$31	O
million	O
house	O
in	O
Beverly	O
Hills	O
.	O
</s>
