Base44
Solo founder built AI 'vibe coding' platform and sold to Wix for $80M in 6 months
base44.comAnnual Revenue
$40-50M (projected end of 2025)
MRR
~$4.2M (tracking toward $50M ARR)
Team
8 at acquisition (now 91+ post-acquisition)
Funding
Bootstrapped (acquired)
Founder
Maor Shlomo
Founder & CEO
Built 90% of frontend and 50% of backend using Claude AI, achieved $80M exit in 6 months with 8 employees while navigating two wars in Israel
What Base44 Does
Base44 is an AI-powered 'vibe coding' platform that turns natural language descriptions into fully-functional web and mobile applications without writing code. Users describe what they want in plain language, and the AI builds the app structure, database, backend logic, frontend UI, and authentication system in real-time. Apps are instantly shareable via URL with no deployment complexity. The platform's backend-as-a-service architecture is designed specifically to make it easier for AI to generate code, reducing misunderstandings and producing more stable outputs. Founded after Maor Shlomo's partner needed a website while traveling in Thailand, the idea was: what if anyone could build software just by describing what they wanted?
Revenue Highlights
- $0 to $1M ARR in just 3 weeks — among fastest SaaS ramp-ups ever recorded
- $3.5M ARR at acquisition, sold for $80M (22x revenue multiple)
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