# Howie Liu (slim)

> Howie Liu is founder of Formagrid Inc (Airtable). Airtable on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder, Formagrid Inc (Airtable).

Howie Liu co-founded Airtable in 2012 with Andrew Ofstad and Emmett Nicholas.

## What Howie builds

- [Airtable](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airtable.md), graded BB, 70.9/100, in Spreadsheets & 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.

## Works with

- [Alon Bartur](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/alon-bartur/), Director of Product Management

## Backed by

- [XN](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/xn/)
- [Franklin Templeton](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/franklin-templeton/)
- [J.P. Morgan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/j-p-morgan/)
- [MSD Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/msd-capital/)
- [Salesforce](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/salesforce/)
- [Silver Lake](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/silver-lake/)
- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)
- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)
- [Caffeinated Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/caffeinated-capital/)
- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)
- [D1 Capital Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/d1-capital-partners/)
- [Greenoaks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greenoaks/)
- [ICONIQ](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/iconiq/)
- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)

## Questions

### Who is Howie Liu?

Howie Liu co-founded Airtable in 2012 with Andrew Ofstad and Emmett Nicholas.

### What does Formagrid Inc (Airtable) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Airtable from Formagrid Inc (Airtable).

### Who has invested in Formagrid Inc (Airtable)?

The sources our research read name XN, Franklin Templeton, J.P. Morgan, MSD Capital, Salesforce, Silver Lake, T.

### How are Howie's tools graded?

Airtable is graded BB, 70.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-bartur/
- https://www.airtable.com/newsroom/airtable-joins-bending-spoons
- https://www.airtable.com/
- https://www.airtable.com/about
- https://support.airtable.com/
- https://support.airtable.com/docs/contacting-airtable-support

These 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.