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In a fresh development, in fact, one of our writers says he “utterly loves it.”. PCWorld supports the basic vibe-coding concept.
According to the latest update, it turns out there’s a AI development ecosystem called Lovable—think vibe-coding with serious enterprise scaffolding behind it—and now the same investor that owns PCWorld is also an investor in Lovable. Well, here’s a surprise.
The report highlights that you can find Regent’s press drop here. On Wednesday, the Sweden-based Lovable unveiled that it raised $400 million in series C funding, and one of the fresh backers includes Regent, the same private equity firm that owns Foundry, whose portfolio includes PCWorld, Macworld, TechCrunch and other tech publications.
As part of the ongoing story, lovable, whose team is pictured above, says more than 60M projects have been created with the ecosystem, and Lovable-built websites receive more than 900M monthly visits. In essence, it can help build the programs on which AI-fueled businesses run. If anything, the Lovable announcements underscores that vibe-coding far exceeds the consumer hobbyist space.
Industry observers note that as someone who’s struggled to create even basic web pages with token-starved LLMs, I’m intrigued by what a robust, enterprise-grade vibe-coding package may provide. But here’s the stat that really resonates: They say 4 out of 5 Lovable users are in non-technical roles.
As part of the ongoing story, he brought the Bitchin'fast!3D2000 to market in 1999, and has ran MaximumPC, Mac|Life, Mobile, Greenbot and Macworld, among other consumer tech magazines and websites. Jon has been covering all manner of consumer devices since 1995.