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  "markdown": "Founder, Formagrid Inc (Airtable).\n\nHowie Liu co-founded Airtable in 2012 with Andrew Ofstad and Emmett Nicholas. Airtable builds an app platform that combines spreadsheet, database and AI agent tools, and became part of Bending Spoons when that acquisition completed in September 2026.\n\n## What Howie builds\n\n- [Airtable](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable.md), graded BB, 70.9/100, in Spreadsheets \u0026 operational tables. Airtable is a hosted database of typed records organised in bases, tables and views. Agents reach it through a REST Web API and an official hosted MCP server, using personal access tokens or OAuth. Founder, Formagrid Inc (Airtable), researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Alon Bartur](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alon-bartur/), Director of Product Management\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [XN](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/xn/)\n- [Franklin Templeton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/franklin-templeton/)\n- [J.P. Morgan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/j-p-morgan/)\n- [MSD Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/msd-capital/)\n- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)\n- [Silver Lake](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/silver-lake/)\n- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)\n- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)\n- [Caffeinated Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/caffeinated-capital/)\n- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)\n- [D1 Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/d1-capital-partners/)\n- [Greenoaks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greenoaks/)\n- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)\n- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Howie Liu?\n\nHowie Liu co-founded Airtable in 2012 with Andrew Ofstad and Emmett Nicholas. Airtable builds an app platform that combines spreadsheet, database and AI agent tools, and became part of Bending Spoons when that acquisition completed in September 2026.\n\n### What does Formagrid Inc (Airtable) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Airtable from Formagrid Inc (Airtable). Airtable is a hosted database of typed records organised in bases, tables and views. Agents reach it through a REST Web API and an official hosted MCP server, using personal access tokens or OAuth.\n\n### Who has invested in Formagrid Inc (Airtable)?\n\nThe sources our research read name XN, Franklin Templeton, J.P. Morgan, MSD Capital, Salesforce, Silver Lake, T. Rowe Price, Benchmark, Caffeinated Capital, Coatue, D1 Capital Partners, Greenoaks, ICONIQ and Thrive Capital.\n\n### How are Howie's tools graded?\n\nAirtable is graded BB, 70.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-bartur/\n- https://www.airtable.com/newsroom/airtable-joins-bending-spoons\n- https://www.airtable.com/\n- https://www.airtable.com/about\n- https://support.airtable.com/\n- https://support.airtable.com/docs/contacting-airtable-support\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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