AI coding agents have become so capable that a non-technical founder can ship a working product in a weekend, prompting venture capitalists to shift their focus from whether a startup has a technical …
Maor Shlomo sold solo-founded AI app builder Base44 to Wix in June 2025 for $92.158 million in total purchase consideration, including $18.058 million in cash and $74.1 million in contingent considera…
Base44, a Wix-owned startup founded by Maor Shlomo, launched a seven-day developer competition on July 21st offering $10,000 to one winner for an application built through an external IDE or AI coding…
In June 2025, Wix paid $80 million in cash for Base44, a six-month-old company built solo by Maor Shlomo, who grew it entirely by documenting the build in public on LinkedIn and X; nine months later i…
Controlled trials show vibe coding accelerates fresh builds by 26% to 56%, and a six-month-old vibe-coding product sold for an initial $80 million plus earn-outs. Tools like Cursor and Claude Code hav…
Base44, a Tel Aviv startup acquired by Wix for $80 million, launched its own proprietary AI model called Base1 for vibe coding, claiming it is the first app-creation platform to ship its own model rat…
Base44 founder Maor Shlomo launched Base 1, a proprietary AI model for the Wix-owned app-building platform, aiming to reduce dependence on external model vendors and gain more control over costs and d…
Base44, the Wix-owned vibe coding platform, launched its proprietary large language model Base 1, becoming the first app-creation tool to deploy a homegrown model in production. The move aims to contr…
Base44, the vibe coding platform acquired by Wix for $80 million a year ago, has launched its own AI model, Base1, to improve latency, cost, and efficiency. The move addresses concerns about defensibi…
Wix is cutting approximately 1,000 jobs, or 20% of its workforce, in the largest layoff round in the company's history after its stock price collapsed nearly 50% since the start of the year and it pos…