GoKawiilAutomattic launches Spacefast, backend infrastructure for vibe-coded apps
Automattic has launched Spacefast, a new service offering infrastructure—databases, authentication, file uploads, email and analytics—to turn vibe-coded apps and websites into working products. The tool connects to AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor, or to a Git repository, and was built by Batuhan İçöz starting from a company hackathon project. It was soft-launched in September before today's full release.
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The launch positions Automattic, long tied to WordPress, as a direct competitor to AI-app platforms like Lovable and Emergent that bundle interface and backend together. By offering infrastructure independent of specific chatbots, Automattic could appeal to developers who want flexibility across multiple AI coding tools rather than being locked into one ecosystem. İçöz's comments suggest the company sees an opportunity to leverage its existing CDN and infrastructure beyond its traditional WordPress identity.
- Spacefast provides backend infrastructure—databases, auth, email, analytics—for vibe-coded apps.
- It integrates with multiple AI agents including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and others, or via Git repos.
- The product grew from an internal hackathon project and was soft-launched in September before today's launch.
Source: techcrunch.com — Ivan Mehta, 2026-11-09
Published there as: “Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet”
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