Pioneers of AI

Vibe coding and the one-person start-up, with Lovable's Anton Osika

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Oct 15, 2025
Anton Osika, co-founder and CEO of Lovable, discusses the revolutionary concept of vibe coding, where users can create apps simply by chatting with AI. He reveals how Lovable achieved a rapid $4 billion valuation and highlights its role as a technical co-founder for solo entrepreneurs. Osika explores the impact of vibe coding on traditional software engineering and predicts that most new software will be built using plain-English prompts in the future, empowering global innovation and preserving human creativity.
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INSIGHT

Conversation Replaces Code

  • Vibe coding replaces reading code with describing desired software in plain English to an AI.
  • This shifts the human-computer interface toward conversational design and rapid iteration.
ANECDOTE

Host Builds A Lovable App

  • Dr. Rana built a Lovable app called Hidden Gems to test the platform herself.
  • She felt like she had a personal AI engineer enabling rapid creation without deep coding.
INSIGHT

Democratizing Software Creation

  • Lovable sees 100,000 new projects created daily and drives far more traffic to built apps.
  • The platform democratizes software creation, enabling people previously excluded to build products.
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