Goodbye 2021, Welcome 2022!

In 2021, Airbyte made significant progress in the data integration field by building a community from scratch and developing over 160 out-of-the-box connectors. The company's focus was on solving three main problems faced by data teams: complex data systems, creation and maintenance of data connectors, and lack of autonomy among data consumers. Airbyte also launched its hosted version, Airbyte Cloud, in beta. The year 2021 saw rapid growth for the company, with a team size increase from 6 to 35 members across various departments. The community grew as well, reaching almost 5,000 members on their public Slack channel. Over 10k companies used Airbyte for data replication in just one year. In 2022, Airbyte aims to become the new standard for modern data stacks by focusing on reliability and ubiquity of its platform and connectors. The company plans to expand coverage of the long tail of connectors with community support and improve database replication capabilities. Additionally, Airbyte will focus on Reverse ETL, streaming, and accessing data within private VPCs. The company also intends to grow its content hub for data engineers and analysts, providing new high-quality content every day. It plans to attend most data-related events and foster local meetups worldwide. Furthermore, Airbyte will focus on enhancing developer experience and documentation with a dedicated team. As the product and community continue to grow in 2022, Airbyte aims to increase its team size to around 200 members by the end of the year while maintaining strong values and building proper recruiting and people infrastructure. The company will also prioritize Diversity & Inclusion in its hiring strategy.