Analysis

March 13, 2025

Lovable FOMO has VCs hunting for the next super fast app builder

Sifted lists seven European startups in the buzzing AI app builder space


Softr's cofounders Mariam Hakobyan and Artur Mkrtchyan

VCs have Lovable fever. The Swedish startup, which has developed an AI tool that lets people without coding skills create apps and websites in minutes, is one of the fastest-growing companies ever in Europe, had the mettle to turn down famed US accelerator Y Combinator and had investors such as Creandum coughing up $15m for a pre-Series A round a couple of weeks ago.

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