Airbyte

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Airbyte
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
FoundedJanuary 2020
Founder
  • Michel Tricot (CEO)
  • John Lafleur (COO)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Number of employees
158 (2025)
Website airbyte.com

Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that enables organizations to collect and synchronize data from a variety of sources into destinations such as data warehouses, data lakes, or databases. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers multiple deployment options, including cloud-based, on-premises, and hybrid environments for data teams. [1] [2]

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History

Airbyte was founded in January 2020 in San Francisco, California, by Michel Tricot and John Lafleur. [3]

In March 2021, Airbyte raised a $5.2 million seed funding round led by Accel. [4]

In May 2021, the company announced a $26 million Series A round led by Benchmark, with participation from 8VC, Accel, SV Angel, and Y Combinator. By this point, the platform offered 70 certified connectors and had approximately 1,200 community members. [5]

In December 2021, Airbyte raised $150 million in a Series B round co-led by Altimeter Capital and Coatue Management, achieving a valuation of $1.5 billion and unicorn status. [6] [7]

In April 2022, Airbyte acquired Grouparoo, an open-source reverse ETL startup, and launched Airbyte Cloud, a fully managed, hosted version of the data integration platform. [8]

In September 2024, the company released Airbyte 1.0, which introduced AI-powered connector generation, GraphQL support, and Self-Managed Enterprise capabilities. By this time, Airbyte reported having 7,000 enterprise customers and more than 170,000 platform deployments. [9]

In February 2025, the company became the first open-source data movement platform to shift from volume-based to capacity-based pricing. [10]

In September 2025, Airbyte launched version 2.0, which introduced Enterprise Flex, allowing hybrid deployments, and Data Activation, which lets users push insights from their destinations into business tools. [1] [11]

In October 2025, Airbyte was named a leader by Snowflake's modern marketing data report for the second year in a row. [12]

Adoption

As of 2025, Airbyte's open-source community has grown to over 25,000 members, serving more than 7,000 paying customers. [13] [14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Simone, Stephanie (2025-10-02). "Airbyte Enterprise Flex Gives Customers Full Sovereignty and Control of Their Data". Database Trends and Applications. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  2. ↑ "Report: Airbyte Business Breakdown & Founding Story | Contrary Research". research.contrary.com. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  3. ↑ Mellor, Chris (2021-12-20). "Airbyte: Open-source ETL startup goes from zero to unicorn in 2 years". Blocks and Files. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  4. ↑ Vizard, Michael (2021-03-02). "ETL company Airbyte raises $5.2M to integrate open source data". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2025-08-23. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  5. ↑ Miller, Ron (2021-05-25). "Airbyte announces $26M Series A for open-source data connector platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  6. ↑ Anderson, Dan (2022-01-05). "Airbyte: $150 Million Series B Funding And $1.5 Billion Valuation". Pulse 2.0. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  7. ↑ Cai, Kenrick. "Data Startup Airbyte Is Set To Become A Unicorn, Intensifying Showdown With Rival Company Fivetran". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  8. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (2022-04-07). "Airbyte acquires reverse ETL service Grouparoo". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  9. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (2024-09-24). "Data platform Airbyte can now create API connectors by reading the docs". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  10. ↑ Blanchard, Sydney (2025-02-13). "Airbyte Introduces Capacity-Based Pricing for Affordable Data Movement". Database Trends and Applications. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  11. ↑ Watch, Open Source. "Airbyte Enterprise Flex enables you to keep your AI data safe". Open Source Watch. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  12. ↑ "Airbyte Named Leader in Snowflake Modern Marketing Report". MarTech Cube - Marketing Technology news and Martech Interviews. 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2025-10-22.
  13. ↑ Chauhan, Monika (2025-09-25). "Airbyte Launches Enterprise Flex to Tackle Data Sovereignty and AI Readiness - TFiR". tfir.io. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  14. ↑ "New Airbyte Enterprise Flex Provides Customers Full Sovereignty and Control of Data for AI and Analytics". Morningstar, Inc. 2025-09-24. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
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