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by 32MHz 1252 days ago
Yep. You can’t innovate by saying “make something innovative by copying AirTable”. At that point you’re no longer an “incubator” but a fast-follow and is a standard product development cycle.
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Virtually everyone is trying to copy AirTable... and failing.

Microsoft is trying with Lists (https://lists.live.com). They released the public preview a year ago, missing key features, and failed to release final version.

Amazon tried with Honeycode (https://www.honeycode.aws/). They are no longer trying to build a spreadsheet-like interface to database.

Google tried with Tables (https://tables.area120.google.com/). They were supposed to release GA in 2022, didn't happen.

AirTable remains the king of the hill.