AI startups in Developer Tools

AI app builders and coding tools, including "vibe coding" platforms. 3 cases.

• Base44 The Base44 acquisition: Maor Shlomo bootstrapped the AI app builder and sold it to Wix for $80M in cash six months after starting. It later passed $100M ARR. Developer Tools · SaaS · 2025 ≈$8.3M/month, implied from ~$100M ARR
• Bolt.new (StackBlitz) StackBlitz had under $1M ARR before launching Bolt.new, an in-browser AI app builder. Bolt.new revenue reached $4M ARR in about four weeks. Developer Tools · SaaS · 2018 ≈$333K/month, implied from $4M ARR
• Lovable Lovable grew out of the open-source GPT Engineer project, and Lovable ARR was reported passing $100M eight months after reaching its first $1M. Developer Tools · SaaS · 2023 ≈$8.3M/month, implied from $100M ARR

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