How to Build Apps Using Omni, an AI App Building Agent by Airtable
- Nishant
- Jul 2
- 2 min read
Airtable has launched Omni, an AI-powered app platform that combines the magic of vibe coding business apps, making them real, production-ready, and scalable, and integrating them with AI agents that can automate thousands of hours of work in seconds.
Let's face it, building apps with traditional tools can be a long, costly, and exhausting process. Either you need to know how to code or deal with platforms that promise ease but leave you stuck copying templates.
Airtable Omni, an AI app building agent
Airtable Omni is an AI agent that acts as both an app builder and a data analyst, that can take a simple prompt, like "build me a VC deal tracker," and generate a complete app with a well-designed schema, user interface, and automated workflows, building production-ready components, ensuring that the resulting apps are capable and dependable.
Here are some of the key features of Airtable Omni:
Conversational App Building: Build applications by describing your needs in plain English.
Visually Inspectable and Editable: Review and modify the underlying data structure, logic, and interface of your application with point-and-click tools.
Advanced Data Analysis: Ask complex questions about your data and receive expert-level insights.
Automated Workflows: Embed "Field Agents" into your data to automate repetitive tasks and research.
How to build apps using Omni, an AI app building agent by Airtable:
Step 1: Visit Airtable, click on "Platforms," and then select "AI App Building." Once there, click on Try it now and sign up or log in.
Step 2: You'll be asked to enter your professional details. Once that is done, start chatting with Omni to build apps.
Step 3: You can add a feature to the custom app just by chatting with Omni.
Step 4: Review the app built by Omni. You can also share the interface or publish the app.
Conclusion:
Airtable Omni was the fastest AI app building agent I have tested so far, and it has impressed me. This AI agent makes it fast and easy for everyone, even those without technical coding knowledge, to build custom apps, as all you need to do is chat. Airtable has stated that Omni is the solution for the limitations of vibe coding, but only with time and a lot more testing can we verify this.
