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by submitedit 833 days ago
The disappointing part was we didn't even get to see the experiment take place before shutting down prematurely. Our sales numbers were still quite solid and there were many paths for us to push forward. As a fraction of our investors' portfolio, Airplane's investment was small. I imagine they would have much more preferred us to continue working hard than to return the bit of capital. In the end, only a few employees chose to join Airtable.
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> I imagine they would have much more preferred us to continue working hard than to return the bit of capital.

You imagine incorrectly, as revealed by your lead investors' decision to allow an acquihire by another one of their portfolio companies.

Could you share sales numbers to give us a sense of where the company was at?