Glenn Borok · 7 August 2026 · Industry Analysis

Airtable didn't get acquired - it got divorced

Glenn Borok, Principal @ Alumni Ventures

Airtable's $1.2B sale to Bending Spoons reveals a valuation collapse from $11.7B peak, but the real story is the carve-out of HyperAgent—the AI product—which stays independent. This separation strategy, valuing AI upside separately from a mature cash business, may become a template for other struggling unicorns with promising new bets.

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Topics: Enterprise Software · AI (Horizontal) · Venture Capital & Startups

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