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Bending Spoons Completes Airtable Acquisition

Bending Spoons S.p.A. has completed its acquisition of Airtable, a platform used by over 500,000 organizations, in an all-cash transaction. The deal marks Bending Spoons' first acquisition since its Nasdaq listing on July 1, 2026. Bending Spoons CEO Luca Ferrari stated the company will invest heavily in Airtable's product, customer support, and go-to-market capabilities to sustain growth. Airtable co-founder Howie Liu expressed confidence in the new ownership. The transaction was advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and EY Advisory for Bending Spoons, with Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan as co-financial advisors. Latham & Watkins and AXOM Partners advised Airtable. The financial outlook provided by Bending Spoons on August 13, 2026, excluded Airtable's contribution, which will be incorporated in future reports.

• Bending Spoons completed the acquisition of Airtable.
• Airtable is used by more than 500,000 organizations.
• The deal is all-cash.

Apply to Host a Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

TechCrunch is inviting organizations to apply to host Side Events around TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco. Disrupt runs October 13–15, 2026, and approved Side Events can take place October 10–16; applications are free and the deadline to apply is September 4, 2026. Hosts must provide venue, title and description; approved events will be promoted to Disrupt attendees via TechCrunch's Side Events calendar and marketing channels.

• TechCrunch is accepting applications to host Side Events at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.
• TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 runs October 13–15, 2026 in San Francisco; Side Events may be scheduled October 10–16, 2026.
• Application deadline for Side Events is September 4, 2026; there is no cost to apply or participate.

Shopify Drops React Native for Native Apps Citing AI Agents

Shopify has announced it is moving away from React Native (RN) for its mobile apps, returning to fully native development using Swift and Kotlin. The decision, detailed by Head of Engineering Farhan Thawar and Head of Mobile Mustafa Ali, is driven by the dramatically improved capabilities of AI coding agents, which reduce the cost of building and maintaining two separate native codebases. Shopify found that the advantages of sharing code via RN are now outweighed by the benefits of full platform access and performance. The company has already rewritten its Shop app natively in just 12 weeks, with the main Shopify app underway. They are also building a shared test suite to validate feature parity between iOS and Android. This marks a strategic reversal from its 2020 all-in commitment to React Native, which was originally adopted to speed Android development. The shift is seen as a bellwether for the mobile development industry, potentially influencing other companies to reconsider cross-platform frameworks.

• Shopify announced it is moving all mobile apps from React Native to fully native development with Swift and Kotlin.
• The Shop app was rewritten natively in 12 weeks, with the main Shopify app currently underway.
• AI coding agents are cited as the key reason, reducing the cost of maintaining two native codebases.

Meet (again) Max Schoening, Notion's new CTO

The org chart of the future will be multidisciplinary, and we're lucky to have Max lead our technical organization into this future.

Notion introduces new AI features and blog posts on CRDTs and agent skills

Notion's website has been updated with new AI product pages (Notion AI, Agents, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search) and new blog posts including 'How Notion handles concurrent editing with CRDTs' and 'A skills library for every agent'.