# Howie Liu, Cofounder, CEO > Howie Liu, Cofounder, CEO. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Angel # Howie Liu Cofounder, CEO at [Friends & Family Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/friends-and-family-capital) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 6 +4 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Friends & Family Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=mr-howie-liu)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=mr-howie-liu) ## The firm [**Friends & Family Capital** VC firm · US **4** cheques in 12 months **7** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/friends-and-family-capital) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Balsa](https://millionrounds.com/startup/balsa) - [Exafunction](https://millionrounds.com/startup/exafunction) - [Golden](https://millionrounds.com/startup/golden-3) - [HighRadius](https://millionrounds.com/company/highradius) - [HumanFirst](https://millionrounds.com/startup/humanfirst) - [MonkeyLearn](https://millionrounds.com/startup/monkeylearn) - [Primer](https://millionrounds.com/company/primer) - [Reprise](https://millionrounds.com/startup/reprise-inc) ## Also at Friends & Family Capital - [**Filip Kaliszan** Founder & CEO *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-filip-kaliszan) - [**Colin Anderson** Managing Member *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/colin-anderson-3) - [**Gina Bauman** Head of Capital Formation *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/gina-bauman) - [**Jake Loosararian** Gecko Robotics Co-Founder/ceo *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jake-loosararian) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 21 Apr 2026 · 2h 13m Tim Cook Retires, Mark Gurman Joins, Images 2.0 | Howie Liu, Scott Stevenson, Alex Wiltschko, Spiros Xanthos, Carolina Aguilar, Jake Jurewicz With [Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu)[Spiros Xanthos](https://millionrounds.com/person/spiros-xanthos)[Tim Cook](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-cook) About this episode (00:15) - Tim Cook Retires (19:43) - Howie Liu, co-founder and CEO of Airtable, discusses his journey from learning programming in high school to founding Etacts, which was acquired by Salesforce, and eventually establishing Airtable to democratize software creation. He emphasizes the importance… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 6 Jan 2026 · 6 min [Highlight] Airtable's Howie Liu on What Founders Get Wrong About Building Product With [Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu) About this episode This is a short excerpt from our full conversation with Airtable founder and CEO Howie Liu. Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCR-zFXiXKA&t=2s Howie spent 2.5 years building Airtable before launching – and only talked to about a dozen customers in that time. In this clip,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Pattern Breakers](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/pattern-breakers) · 29 Sept 2025 · 46 min Howie Liu: Building Airtable to Feel Magical With [Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu) About this episode Spreadsheets were originally designed for finance people. But when Howie Liu and his co-founders started Airtable in 2012, they had a deeper insight that a spreadsheet-database hybrid could be used by anyone for just about anything, including project management, content calendars, recipes, and even… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 8 Sept 2025 · 1h 7m Airtable’s AI Reboot with CEO Howie Liu With [Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu) About this episode Can a no-code giant reinvent itself in the AI-native era? This week on Grit, Airtable CEO Howie Liu shares what it means to “refound” a company, how speed comes from tearing up old playbooks, and why conversational AI is reshaping his product, and his company. Guest: Howie Liu, Co-Founder & CEO of… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 23 Oct 2024 · 1h 1m Howie Liu on Airtable's Early Days, Scaling, and AI With [Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu) Mentions [Ben Casnocha](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-casnocha) About this episode Howie Liu, founder and CEO of Airtable, was interviewed by Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha live in downtown San Francisco in front of an audience of Village Global founders and friends of the firm. Highlights: - Embracing discomfort is part of the founder's journey. Learning to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [No Priors](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/no-priors) · 25 Jul 2024 · 41 min Low-Code in the Age of AI and Going Enterprise, with Howie Liu from Airtable With [Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu) About this episode This week on No Priors, Sarah Guo and Elad Gil are joined by Howie Liu, the co-founder and CEO of Airtable. Howie discusses their Cobuilder launch, the evolution of Airtable from a simple productivity tool to an enterprise app platform with integrated AI capabilities. They talk about why the… Listen on Apple Podcasts ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Howie Liu in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [StrictlyVC Download](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/strictlyvc-download) · 27 Jan 2026 · 49 min Airtable is betting big on a standalone ai agent that could replace its own product Mentions [Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu) About this episode This week on StrictlyVC Download, Connie Loizos and Alex Gove talk with Howie Liu, co-founder and CEO of Airtable. On Tuesday, Liu announced the launch of Superagent, Airtable’s first standalone product outside of its core platform, and this isn’t just another AI feature bolted onto an existing… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Peel](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/the-peel) · 29 Jun 2023 · 1h 5m How Primer Turns Teachers Into Superheroes | Ryan Delk (Co-founder and CEO, Primer) Mentions [Amjad Masad](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amjad-masad)[Dylan Field](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dylan-field)[Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures)[Lachy Groom](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lachy-groom)[Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman) About this episode Ryan Delk is the Co-Founder and CEO of Primer, a startup helping ambitious kids unlock their potential by empowering teachers to launch and run their own micro-schools. Primer’s supported by investors like Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Village Global, Susa Ventures, Sam Altman, Naval, Ryan… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 29 Oct 2019 · 1h 22m E994: All Turtles CEO Phil Libin shares his state machine that answers all growth questions; Future of Early-Stage VC w/Pete Flint (NFX), Rebecca Lynn (Canvas Ventures), Dave Samuel (Freestyle Capital); plus LAUNCH Scale Partner Talk w/Lever CTO Nate Smit With [Dave Samuel](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-samuel)[Pete Flint](https://millionrounds.com/person/pete-flint)[Rebecca Lynn](https://millionrounds.com/person/rebecca-lynn-2) Mentions [Canvas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canvas-fund)[Freestyle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle)[Phil Libin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/phil-libin)[Howie Liu](https://millionrounds.com/person/mr-howie-liu)[Nate Smith](https://millionrounds.com/person/nate-smith)[Scott Sanborn](https://millionrounds.com/person/scott-sanborn) About this episode 1:03 Jason intros Phil Libin from LAUNCH Scale 2019 1:51 Phil Libin on "The State Machine that Answers All Growth Questions" 32:40 Jason joins Phil on stage for Q&A 39:56 Jason intros Phil (NFX), Rebecca (Canvas Ventures) & Dave (Freestyle Capital) 41:34 Transitioning from founder to VC 44:08 How… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 20 Sept 2019 · 34 min 20VC: Mercury Founder Immad Akhund on Why Angel Investing Makes Founders Better Operators, The Right Way For Founders To Discuss and Present Competition To Investors & How To Think About Your Initial Wedge Into The Market and How It Expands Over Time Mentions [Immad Akhund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/immad-akhund)[Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil)[Eric Wu](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-wu)[Justin Kan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/justin-kan)[Naval Ravikant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/naval-ravikant)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) About this episode Immad Akhund is the Founder & CEO @ Mercury, the startup that makes bank accounts that help tech companies scale. To date, Immad has raised funding from some of the best in the business including a16z and CRV on the fund side and then individuals including Elad Gil, Airtable's Howie Liu, Plaid's… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=mr-howie-liu). ## Find people like Howie Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)