Six-month-old, solo-owned vibe coder Base44 sells to Wix for $80M cash
a year ago
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- Israeli developer Maor Shlomo sold his 6-month-old startup Base44 to Wix for $80 million.
- Base44, a vibe-coding startup, grew to 250,000 users in six months and was profitable, generating $189,000 in profit in May.
- The company was bootstrapped and spread through word of mouth, with Shlomo sharing his journey on LinkedIn and Twitter.
- Base44 allows non-programmers to build software using text prompts, supporting features like databases, authentication, and analytics.
- Shlomo cited the need for scale as a reason for selling, despite the company's organic growth and profitability.
- Wix acquired Base44 to expand its no-code offerings, adding a profitable LLM-based product to its portfolio.