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That is pretty impressive considering even the hottest startups barely reach $100 million in implied valuation within 6 months, let alone cash value. And that’s with far more stacked teams with far better credentials e.g. Perplexity
It's a wrapper for Claude. What's the moat here? Why this and not one of a dozen similar products? Why not reproduce from scratch? $80M would buy you a decent development team and it doesn't seem like these kind of apps are hard to make. Is there something especially good about Base44? Or are they paying for the user base or the time to market advantage?
8 people team does not look like "solo" at all
Reading the actual article reminds me of the old soviet joke: Q: Is it true that Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov from Moscow won a car in a lottery? A: In principle yes, but: 1). it wasn't Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov but Aleksander Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov; 2). he is not from Moscow but from Odessa; 3). it was not a car but a bicycle; 4). he didn't win it, but it was stolen from him.
Selling something at $80M at only six months old is very impressive. I wasn't even able to stand up at this age
6 month old company (not solo; vibe coding means what here??) sold for 80M. Impressive still.
It means you tell the product what you want and it gives you the code.
Selling something at $80M at only six months old is very impressive. I wasn't even able to stand up at this age
It's a wrapper for Claude. What's the moat here? Why this and not one of a dozen similar products? Why not reproduce from scratch? $80M would buy you a decent development team and it doesn't seem like these kind of apps are hard to make. Is there something especially good about Base44? Or are they paying for the user base or the time to market advantage?
For us in the back, what is a vibe coding platform anyway? I know and use Claude, if that helps anchoring.
But it's something that you can put in your company's portfolio to attract VC capital.
It's a terrible tool that makes a lot of money for the corporation.