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Europe\u2019s fast-growing vibe coding startup, Lovable, tells TechCrunch it has surpassed $500 million in annualized revenue run rate.<\/p>\n
Lovable last discussed its revenue in February, when the company said it crossed $400 million<\/a>. In August, 2024, Lovable said it could hit $1 billion in annualized revenue within 12 months. It may not be on track to double that figure by summer, but it is still reporting jaw-dropping growth; the company, founded in late 2023, hasn\u2019t yet hit its three-year anniversary.<\/p>\n The company also claims it has been used to build over 50 million projects and says usage has accelerated to one million new projects a week. According to a survey of those projects<\/a> that run on the company\u2019s blog, Lovable says its users are primarily non-technical, yet are increasingly building software they intend to monetize or use in their businesses. <\/p>\n Its users are founders, designers, and salespeople building websites and e-commerce storefronts, as well as internal tools like CRMs, inventory systems, and HR platforms, the company says.<\/p>\n That list tells a story. AI vibe coding platforms have been seen as a threat to legacy SaaS software. Why buy expensive annual contracts when you can just vibe code it yourself? Lovable\u2019s survey appears to offer some data that this is indeed happening. Of course, Lovable \u2014 therefore most of the projects built on it \u2014 isn\u2019t old enough to answer the harder question about vibe-coded software: will such an approach prove short-lived? That\u2019s because it\u2019s not the initial building part that\u2019s the problem \u2014 it\u2019s the maintaining part.<\/p>\n Software operates almost like a living organism: even well-written, well-designed code that isn\u2019t AI slop runs atop an ever-shifting stack of dependencies, third-party services, and infrastructure \u2014 all of which is constantly being updated, which means end-user software is always breaking. That\u2019s why so many companies choose to buy instead of build. They want others to be responsible for keeping it running. We\u2019ll have to see if Lovable and other vibe coders will transparently report abandoned projects as their platforms mature \u2014 aka the not-as-flattering stuff. If those abandonment rates are low, that will be the true indication that the so-called SaaSpocalypse<\/a> is here and here to stay. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission<\/a>. This doesn\u2019t affect our editorial independence.<\/em><\/p>\n