Chen: Figma, Notion, Airtable, and Coda took 3.5 to 5 years to launch
Siqi Chen · It took him 4 years to launch—then he hit $1M ARR in 30 days. | Siqi Chen, Founder of Runway · PMF Show · Jan 5, 2026 · at 38:12
Siqi Chen, founder and CEO of financial modeling platform Runway, explains why he anticipated a multi-year development timeline before launching Runway publicly.
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“When I look at the most valuable companies that, products that I admire, Figma, Notion, Airtable, Coda, all of these were three and a half to five years to launch.”
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