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February 26, 2025

Lovable: Is this AI agent-maker Europe’s fastest-growing software startup ever?

LLM companies and top-tier VCs are snooping around the small Stockholm startup


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Lovable's Nad Chishtie and cofounder Fabian Hedin.

AI agents are getting VCs excited. Sifted data shows European companies in the sector picked up almost €500m in the first six weeks of 2025 alone. One of those startups is Stockholm-based Lovable, described as “the biggest story of the moment” by a person at a global LLM company.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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