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Lovable

Lovable is a Swedish AI platform that lets people build software applications from natural-language prompts rather than code, a practice it calls vibe coding. Founded in Stockholm in 2023 by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin, it reached a reported US$1.8 billion valuation within eight months of its late-2024 public launch.

Sector
AI 'vibe coding' / app-building platform
Business model
B2C/B2B SaaS (AI app builder)
Founded
2023
Founders
Anton Osika, Fabian Hedin
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden
Offices
Stockholm
Latest round
US$400M Series C, led by Menlo Ventures (Aug 2026)
Total raised
US$930M (2026)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

1person interviewed
1episode across 1 show
4mentions in other conversations
1backer heard on Day One

The team on Day One

Hear from the team

Milestones

  1. Nov 2023 Co-founded in Stockholm by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin en.wikipedia.org
  2. Dec 2025 Valuation reached $6.6B, minting two of Europe's youngest billionaires forbes.com

What others say about Lovable

Moments from other conversations on the network where Lovable comes up.

I have had a subscription to Lovable. Really love Lovable, it's amazing. But I also have a subscription to Claude that's getting so good at ui.”
Georgie HealyHost, In The Blink Of AI In The Blink Of AI · How AI Models Are Really Judged, with Pe… · 27:49 ▶
We should have just got Lovable onto it and just sort of said, hey, give me a magic thing that does this. And it just works, doesn't it?”
Brendan HillVenture Partner, TEN13 Oversubscribed · Inside HEO: Australia’s Secret Space Cam… · 1:37:09 ▶
Some of the top biggest companies are no longer from San Francisco. Lovable is from Europe, which so many VCs kind of poo-pooed for a long time.”
Elizabeth YinCo-Founder & General Partner, Hustle Fund First Cheque · How to Build a Global Pre-Seed Fund from… · 7:19 ▶
I built it in 4 hours on Lovable. Um, and it, I, if I do say so myself, it looks pretty similar to Google Drive.”
Maddie ReeseSelf Employed In The Blink Of AI · How to Build Cool Stuff With AI (No Code… · 9:47 ▶

In the news

Backers heard on Day One

Also backed by Menlo Ventures, Scaleup Europe Fund, CapitalG, Accel, Khosla Ventures, Databricks Ventures.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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