{"slug": "today-we-re-laying-off-a-large-part-of-the-airtable-team", "title": "\"Today we're laying off a large part of the Airtable team \"", "summary": "Airtable announced layoffs affecting a large part of its team, with the company saying the cuts reflect a belief that \"small teams ship more and better\" rather than the departing employees' work. Airtable said a new Core team has already shipped 30+ top customer requests in 3 weeks, and that upgraded Omni, Airtable Canvas, a stronger MCP, and BYO agents are coming soon, alongside new Performance and Infra teams focused on speeding up bases and raising limits on records, fields, and syncs.", "body_md": "Today we’re laying off a large part of the Airtable team.\nThis is not a reflection of their work but a reflection of our deep belief that small teams ship more and better.\nFor Airtable, better is about to look like:\n- A new Core team shipping your top requests monthly (already 30+ shipped in 3 weeks)\n- Upgraded Omni, Airtable Canvas, a stronger MCP, and BYO agents, coming soon\n- New Performance and Infra teams focusing on speeding up bases and increasing limits on records, fields, and syncs\nTo everyone leaving: thank you. If you’re hiring, these are excellent people and worth a call.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/today-we-re-laying-off-a-large-part-of-the-airtable-team", "canonical_source": "https://twitter.com/fedesimio/status/2109713695165329511", "published_at": "2026-10-12 19:56:16+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-12 20:21:44.397023+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Airtable", "Omni", "Airtable Canvas", "MCP"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/today-we-re-laying-off-a-large-part-of-the-airtable-team", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/today-we-re-laying-off-a-large-part-of-the-airtable-team.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/today-we-re-laying-off-a-large-part-of-the-airtable-team.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/today-we-re-laying-off-a-large-part-of-the-airtable-team.jsonld"}}