{
  "id": 126091,
  "title": "Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3 billion Airtable deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/bending-spoons-makes-first-post-ipo-acquisition-with-1-3-billion",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T09:20:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/bending-spoons-makes-first-post-ipo-acquisition-with-1-3-billion-airtable-deal/articleshow/132854157.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bending Spoons will acquire Airtable for $1.285 billion in an all-cash deal. This marks Bending Spoons' first acquisition since its recent Nasdaq debut. Airtable offers a platform combining spreadsheet and database capabilities for application building. The transaction is expected to conclude by year-end, pending approvals. Bending Spoons continues its aggressive expansion strategy with this…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Bending Spoons agrees to acquire Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the US software company at $1.285B, set to close by 2026-end, its first post-IPO deal (Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/bending-spoons-agrees-to-acquire-airtable-in-an-all-cash-deal-valuing",
        "published": "2026-08-04T10:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Silicon Republic",
        "title": "Bending Spoons buys Airtable for $1.2bn after IPO listing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/bending-spoons-buys-airtable-for-1-2bn-after-ipo-listing",
        "published": "2026-08-04T12:36:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}