It’s no secret that vibe coding — using AI-powered coding tools to build apps and websites via natural language prompts — is exploding in popularity.
In July, Swedish vibe coding startup Lovable hit $100 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) just eight months after launch, plans to close the year at $250 million ARR and thinks it will hit $1 billion ARR within the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Replit said earlier this month that its ARR soared from $2.8 million to $150 million in less than a year.
These companies’ remarkable growth has fueled a wave of competitors, many of which are also quickly gaining momentum. “This is one of those spaces where every company is growing like a weed,” said Nikhil Trivedi, co-founder and general partner at VC firm Footwork.
However, despite their rapid growth, Trivedi argues that Lovable, Replit, and other vibe coding startups have a significant shortcoming: they excel at developing prototypes but struggle to enable users to launch production-ready software.
The problem with most vibe coding companies, Trivedi argues, is that they don’t provide all the infrastructure that non-technical users need to launch a functional product.
Anything, an AI app launched a month ago, is attempting to solve this problem by offering all the tools – from databases to storage and payment functionality — that users need to run businesses on the web or to send their vibe-coded creations to the App Store. The company’s initial traction was explosive, reaching $2 million annualized run rate in just two weeks.
Though the vibe coding market is crowded, the company’s growth rate is so impressive that Trivedi knew he had to fund it.
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Anything announced on Monday that it has raised an $11 million financing round at a $100 million valuation, led by Footwork, with additional backing from Uncork, Bessemer, and M13.
Co-founded by former Google colleagues Dhruv Amin and Marcus Lowe, Anything is particularly designed to help non-technical people generate complete web and mobile applications.
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