Building Lovable: $10M ARR in 60 days with 15 people | Anton Osika (CEO and co-founder)
Building Lovable: $10M ARR in 60 days with 15 people | Anton Osika (CEO and co-founder)The AI startup that's Europe's fastest-growing company everListen now on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. Brought to you by: • Sinch—Build messaging, email, and calling into your product — Anton Osika is the co-founder and CEO of Lovable, which is building what they call “the last piece of software”—an AI-powered tool that turns descriptions into working products without requiring any coding knowledge. Since launching three months ago, Lovable hit $4 million ARR in the first four weeks and $10 million ARR in two months with a team of just 15 people, making it Europe’s fastest-growing startup ever. What you’ll learn:
Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-lovable-anton-osika Some takeaways:
Where to find Anton Osika: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonosika/ In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction to Anton and Lovable (05:12) Lovable’s rapid growth (09:39) Live demo: Building an Airbnb clone (18:34) Tips for mastering Lovable (21:42) The origin story (26:50) Scaling laws and getting AI unstuck (33:20) Reliability and unique features (36:25) The vision and future of Lovable (38:14) Skills and job market evolution in the age of AI (40:30) Hiring philosophy and team dynamics (46:21) Building in Europe (48:02) Prioritization and product roadmap (51:38) Tools and work environment (53:17) Tactics for moving fast (54:37) Advice for building product teams (57:11) Empowering non-technical founders (58:31) Future developments and user support (01:01:23) Failure corner (01:05:20) Final thoughts and advice Referenced: • Lovable: https://lovable.dev/ • Lovable Launched: https://launched.lovable.app/ • Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/ • Superbase: https://www.superbase.com/ • GPT engineer: https://github.com/gpt-engineer-org/gptengineer.app • Microsoft Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/chats/cmFw8dTsGU8D6b9siqQ6U • Fabian Hedin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-hedin-2377b0144/ • Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/behind-the-product-replit-amjad-masad • Replit: https://replit.com/ • Cursor: https://www.cursor.com • Bolt: https://bolt.new/ • GitHub: https://github.com/ • Lane Shackleton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laneshackleton/ • FigJam: https://www.figma.com/figjam/ • Linear: https://linear.app/ • Sana Labs: https://sanalabs.com/ • Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/ • Claude: https://claude.ai/ • ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ • Lovable on X: https://x.com/Lovable_dev Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Invite your friends and earn rewardsIf you enjoy Lenny's Newsletter, share it with your friends and earn rewards when they subscribe. |
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