Bending Spoons裁撤Airtable员工190人,律所追问是否提前60天通知

加州提交的WARN备案文件,给收购方不肯公布人数的这轮裁员标出了数字:190个岗位,生效日期为2027年1月15日。裁员于10月初宣布,员工当周便离职;10月22日,一家原告律所启动调查,追问联邦《工人调整和再培训通知法》(WARN Act)要求的60天提前通知是否曾经发出。

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Bending Spoons首席执行官卢卡·费拉里在公司视频中谈及收购整合
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Bending Spoons首席执行官卢卡·费拉里,他执掌的公司在10月初告知Airtable收购前团队的大部分成员,须在当周结束前离职

Bending Spoons+3.21% — Bending Spoons, up 3.21 percent today迟迟未公布的数字,如今已写入州政府的备案文件。一份2026年10月15日提交的加州WARN通知以"Formagrid Inc."(即Airtable$1.285B — Airtable, private, latest valuation $1.285B)名义提交,写明旧金山Front Street 1号28层的190个岗位将于2027年1月15日终止1。

Bending Spoons是一家在纳斯达克上市的意大利集团,专门收购并改造Evernote$200M — Evernote, private, latest valuation $200M、Vimeo$1.38B — Vimeo, private, latest valuation $1.38B、美国在线$1.4B — 美国在线, private, latest valuation $1.4B这类老牌软件公司。9月4日,该公司完成以12.85亿美元收购Airtable的交易,当时仅表示"收购前团队的大部分成员"将带着"丰厚的离职补偿方案"离开,拒绝透露具体人数34。这份备案给出了数字。

日期对不上,律所盯上了

10月22日,原告方集体诉讼律所Strauss Borrelli启动WARN法案调查,核查Airtable在大规模裁员前是否按联邦法律要求提前60天发出书面通知2。如果没有,这些员工或有权获得60天的工资和福利2。

问题出在算术上:据公司10月的官方帖文及截至10月12日的报道,裁员于10月初宣布,受影响员工接到通知,须在当周结束前离开34;而州政府备案的生效日期是2027年1月15日1。收购前团队打造的产品仍在照常发布:Airtable 10月21日的秋季版本新增了Omni 2.0、进入公测的Canvas、自带智能体(bring-your-own agents)、智能体权限和审计日志7。

五个季度营收翻逾一倍,增长几乎全是买来的

02004006008002025Q1258.952025Q2311.12026Q1601.322026Q2704.16
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Value
2025Q1258.95
2025Q2311.1
2026Q1601.32
2026Q2704.16
各季度营收,单位为百万美元,数据来自美国证券交易委员会(SEC)文件,检索日期为2026年10月26日;2025年第三、第四季度营收未在该序列中单独披露。据公司自身披露,增长主要来自收购。9

吞掉团队的机器,也在写代码

首席执行官卢卡·费拉里对彭博社表示,Bending Spoons至少90%的代码由AI编写;他还把SaaS公司这轮“SaaS末日”(SaaSpocalypse)抛售潮视为一箭双雕的买入机会:收购标的更便宜,开发成本也更低8。

这一论点背后的资本来头不小。在新任首席执行官格雷格·阿贝尔治下,伯克希尔·哈撒韦+0.60% — 伯克希尔·哈撒韦, up 0.60 percent today已承诺出资9.3亿美元,最新一笔3.3亿美元按每股33美元认购,经6-K表格披露;消息公布后,股价一度大涨41%,随后回吐部分涨幅,周一收于45.65美元5。第二季度营收略高于7.04亿美元,同比增长126%;净利润1.77亿美元,同比增长171%5。上图显示,这轮增长有多少是“买”来的,而非“建”出来的。

谁买单,谁下注

2026年湾区科技业计划裁员人数已突破1.4万,高于去年的10170人4。

下一份财报将首次纳入Airtable并表后的头几天业绩。对打算在财报公布前就BSP股票拿定主意的读者来说,利好在于:即便打造产品的那支团队离场,客户续约仍保持稳定;风险则有两条:一是若原告律所判断正确,公司须按WARN法案补发工资2;二是Evernote式的用户流失——瑞士用户经谷歌 Play订阅付费,正面临Evernote个人年度版(Evernote Personal Annual)年费自12月起涨至163瑞士法郎,此前为109瑞士法郎,涨幅约50%6。而拥有这个故事余下剧情的公司——我们此前关于9月融资与10月裁员的报道链接见文末——正为这场赌注的两面定价。

相关报道:我们9月12日剖析滚动并购(roll-up)模式的报道 (/article/bending-spoons-hunts-fallen-unicorns-most-of-its-growth-is-bought)、我们10月11日的定价分析 (/article/bending-spoons-paid-1-28-billion-for-airtable-at-2-7-times-sales-glide-prices-the-exit-at-25-a-month),以及我们10月12日的裁员报道 (/article/bending-spoons-cuts-much-of-airtable-s-staff-weeks-after-1-28-billion-deal-glide-sells-a-25-replacement)。

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