Notion Podcast First Block: Interview with Fabian Hedin, Co-Founder and CTO of Lovable
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Oct 28, 2025 Fabian Hedin, co-founder and CTO of Lovable, shares his journey from running Minecraft servers to launching a platform that enables app and website creation through AI. He discusses their astounding growth from $1M to $100M ARR in just eight months. Fabian elaborates on the importance of timing in AI product launches, maintaining a hands-on approach as a CTO, and leveraging AI to streamline development processes. He also argues that it's a perfect time for startups to thrive in the AI space by focusing on current capabilities.
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Early Coding Sparked By Minecraft
- Fabian started coding by running a Minecraft server and built websites and games to shape the experience.
- He then transitioned into building SaaS products in high school and launched a real-estate startup after graduation.
Weekend Walk That Started Lovable
- Fabian joined Anton at a startup, left after 10 months, and later reconnected when Anton showed GPT Engineer.
- Their weekend walk turned into discussing building a company around the new AI tooling in summer 2023.
Aim For Nontechnical Zero-To-One
- Fabian saw more value enabling non-technical people to go from zero to one than improving developer tools.
- He believed early foundational models could already power broad, non-technical app creation.