Quild #79: Airplane

Code to internal app in minutes

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

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Airplane is a platform for engineers to quickly build internal tools that power recurring workflows within their organization. Operations where engineers would typically run scripts or SQL queries on behalf of others can be turned into self-serve tools for support, ops, and other teams through Airplane.

Founders: Joshua (CTO), Ravi (CEO)

Signals:

1. Repeat venture-backed founders and executives

   • Joshua was the CTO of Benchling (raised $412 million from a16z, Sequoia, Thrive, Benchmark, Menlo Ventures, Altimeter, and many more)

   • Ravi founded Heap (raised $218 million from NEA, Menlo Ventures, NewView)

2. Top university alumni

   • Joshua graduated from MIT (BS)

   • Ravi graduated from Stanford (BS, MS)

3. Fast team growth

   • Grew 4x YoY to 12 employees

   • Hiring a bunch more

4. Accelerated financing

   • Founded and announced series A in 2021

5. Midas list investor

   • Benchmark led series A

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Till tomorrow, Kenn