Airbyte
Airbyte builds data infrastructure for AI agents, giving them unified access to operational data across business systems. The San Francisco-based company has raised $181M, including a Series B in December 2021, and employs 114 people.
The growth story
Airbyte grew from 24 to 114 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $181M along the way, most recently a Series B in December 2021.
About
Airbyte provides a hybrid data architecture that combines large-scale replication with real-time fetching to give AI agents access to operational data across CRM, billing, support, and internal systems. Its approach aims to solve production failures caused by fragmented API calls and token-intensive data reconciliation.
The company has scaled rapidly since its 2020 founding, raising $181M in venture funding led by Accel, Benchmark, and Altimeter Capital. Its Series B in December 2021 marked a significant milestone in its growth trajectory.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates Airbyte's workforce, accounting for 31 of its 114 employees. The company operates with a relatively flat structure typical of early-stage startups, with median tenure at 2 years.
The Airbyte org chart
Michel Tricot (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 24 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 36 (-35% YoY), Information Technology 18 (-22% YoY), Business Development 11 (0% YoY), Sales 10 (-41% YoY), Marketing 7 (-22% YoY), Human Resources 6 (-14% YoY).
Talent flow
Airbyte recruits heavily from LiveRamp, which accounts for 6 of its 76 analyzed hires. Its alumni frequently move to AI-focused startups, with Ode with Anthropic, GrowthX AI, and Sentry being top destinations.
Most common previous employers of Airbyte staff: LiveRamp (6), CodinGame (2), Anaxi (2), Milestone Project (2), École Polytechnique (2), As-App (acquired by Lumiplan) (2). Former Airbyte employees most often moved to Ode with Anthropic (5), GrowthX AI (4), Sentry (4), Console (4), ElevenLabs (3), Unstructured (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Airbyte mafia
Airbyte alumni have founded 9 companies, including CORE (YC S23), AgentArea, and Elmo. These startups often continue Airbyte's focus on AI and data infrastructure, with CORE emerging as the most staffed spinoff.
9Harshith M., was Engineer until 2022Artem Astapenko, was Technical Lead until 2022Jared Rhizor, was Founding Engineer until 2022Oguz Ozgul, was Revenue Operations Lead until 2023Joel Newbert, was VP of Finance & Operations until 2025Ben Church, was Engineering Manager until 2025
Om Bhardwaj, was Airbyte Hacktoberfest Connector Hackathon Winner | October 2024 until 2024
Nicholas Richu, was Self-Serve Product Manager until 2025
Lukas Andersen, was Engineering Lead until 2025Web traffic
Traffic mix: 37% direct, 46% search, 5% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Airbyte: Microsoft Office (32), Python (Programming Language) (31), Communication (31), Leadership (30), Java (26), Customer Service (26), Public Speaking (25), Linux (25).
Where the team actually sits
Airbyte people are concentrated in California, United States (38), San Francisco Bay Area (17), New York, United States (4), United States (3).
Search footprint
Airbyte attracts about 11,090 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $369K a month if bought through ads. It gained 7,325 ranking keywords and lost 5,598 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.20 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.30 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.50 / 5
Frequently asked
Airbyte has 114 employees as of September 2026.
Airbyte has raised $181M in total, most recently a Series B round in December 2021.
Airbyte was founded in 2020 by Jean (John) Lafleur, Michel Tricot, Jean Lafleur.
Michel Tricot (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Airbyte's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Airbyte staff are LiveRamp (6 people), CodinGame (2 people), Anaxi (2 people).
Former Airbyte employees most often move to Ode with Anthropic (5), GrowthX AI (4), Sentry (4).
At least 9 companies have a founder who previously worked at Airbyte, including CORE (YC S23), AgentArea, Elmo.
Airbyte attracts about 11,090 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $369K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Airbyte staff are Microsoft Office, Python (Programming Language), Communication, Leadership, Java.
Airbyte staff are concentrated in California, United States (38), San Francisco Bay Area (17), New York, United States (4).
Airbyte has about 36 people in Engineering, down 35% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Airbyte has about 18 people in Information Technology, down 22% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 76 current and 225 former Airbyte profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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