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Lovable, the AI-powered app-building platform, has backed a Danish hardware startup, Atech<\/a>, that wants to introduce \u201cvibe coding\u201d to the process of creating hardware. Lovable was part of an $800,000 pre-seed round that also included a16z\u2019s scout fund, Sequoia Scout Fund, and Nordic Makers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n In a chat with TechCrunch, Atech\u2019s head of customer experience, Gustav Hugod, said the platform\u2019s workings are quite simple. Users buy a starter hardware kit for whatever they are trying to build from Atech\u2019s site. Then, they open a tab at the site, talk to an AI chatbot, describe the hardware concept they\u2019re trying to build, and the AI tool generates code that helps them build a working prototype. Hugod said the company\u2019s user base is pretty broad right now, \u201cfrom four-year-olds building cars to a hydrogen synthesis plant that needs precise voltage sensing.\u201d <\/p>\n Typically, building any type of hardware prototype requires decades of experience or finding pricy but talented engineers. But Hugod said that as the \u201caccessibility gap of software has collapsed,\u201d so will the difficulty of building in the hardware space. \u201cHardware, in a democratized world, has to be available to everyone,\u201d he said. The new capital will be used for research and development, marketing, and hiring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n