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I'm curious why AirTable needs to shed people in order to focus on becoming a pubic company, but Stripe can continue to grow and remain private.

Is this just the CEO signalling that he wants his exit?

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I think you missed some layoffs news about Stripe.

I can’t speak for AirTable but in general you need to look at the cap table. A complex cap table and a likely down round could make it virtually impossible to negotiate another round. By series F there’s an awful lot of fingers in the pie.

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