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Emmett Nicholas

Unicorn founder

Founder at Airtable

Greater Seattle Area

FoundedAirtable$11.7B

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Emmett Nicholas is a co-founder of Airtable, the no-code platform valued at $11.7 billion at its 2021 peak and sold to Bending Spoons for about $2.25 billion in equity value in 2026. A Duke computer science graduate, he wrote software at Microsoft and was a founding-era engineer at Stack Overflow before joining Howie Liu and Andrew Ofstad full-time in 2013; he served as Airtable's CTO until handing the role to OpenAI's David Azose in October 2025.

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Studied computer science and electrical engineering at Duke University, class of 2008.
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Software engineer at Microsoft and a founding-era engineer at Stack Overflow before Airtable. Served as Airtable's CTO, owning technical architecture, until David Azose — who led ChatGPT Business Products engineering at OpenAI — took the role in October 2025.

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Airtable's investors · 43

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksAshton Kutchersince 2015BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $15M checks · since 2018Bling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checksBoxGroupNew York · $250K – $1M checks · since 2015Caffeinated CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $50M checks · since 2015Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2018CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2018CSC UpshotPalo Alto · $100K – $1.5M checksDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checks · since 2015Draft Ventures LlcSan FranciscoDVCRotterdamEric Wusince 2015Ethos VCSan Francisco · $250K – $3M checksEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkFoothill VenturesLos Altos · $100K – $10M checksFounder CollectiveCambridge · since 2015Founders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoFranklin TempletonSan Mateo · since 2021Freestyle CapitalSan Rafael · $3M – $5M checks · since 2015Friends Family CapitalSilicon ValleyGeneral CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksGreenoaksSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checksHomebrewBurlingame · $100K – $500K checksICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checksICONIQ GrowthSan Francisco · since 2021Inspired CapitalNew York · $500K – $20M checksJude GomilaLynnwoodMsd CapitalNew York · since 2021Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2026Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checksSilver Lake PartnersMenlo ParkSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks · since 2019SNR VCSeattleSound VenturesSanta MonicaSummit Peak InvestmentsFort WorthT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2021Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2018Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checksTribe CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $40M checksTuesday CapitalSan Francisco · since 2015Varanium Capital AdvisorsMumbaiWndrCoRedwood City · $100K – $10M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Airtable

HLHowie Liu
Howie LiuFounder
AOAndrew Ofstad
Andrew OfstadFounder

Frequently asked questions

Who is Emmett Nicholas?
Emmett Nicholas is a co-founder of Airtable, the no-code platform valued at $11.7 billion at its 2021 peak and sold to Bending Spoons for about $2.25 billion in equity value in 2026. A Duke computer science graduate, he wrote software at Microsoft and was a founding-era engineer at Stack Overflow before joining Howie Liu and Andrew Ofstad full-time in 2013; he served as Airtable's CTO until handing the role to OpenAI's David Azose in October 2025.
Where does Emmett Nicholas work?
Emmett Nicholas is Founder of Airtable.
What companies did Emmett Nicholas found?
Emmett Nicholas founded Airtable.

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