Building Lovable: $10M ARR in 60 days with 15 people | Anton Osika (CEO and co-founder)
Lenny's Podcast episode, sponsored by Sinch and Persona, in which Lenny Rachitsky talks with Anton Osika, co-founder and CEO of Lovable, about reaching 10 million ARR in 60 days with 15 people. Osika describes Lovable as a personal AI software engineer built for the 99 percent of people who do not write code - his mother among them - after a lifetime of friends asking him how to find a software engineer. He explains the name through his product bar: not a minimum viable product but a minimum lovable product, then a lovable product, then an absolutely lovable one. On scaling with 15 people, he credits one driver - people love the product - and says he now hires generalists, obsessing over how many skill sets each person brings, with the stated goal of building the last piece of software anyone has to write. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights the growth story and hiring philosophy; the live demo and pro tips are not covered. These are Osika's own claims and views, not independently verified.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Lenny's Podcast episode, sponsored by Sinch and Persona, in which Lenny Rachitsky talks with Anton Osika, co-founder and CEO of Lovable, about reaching 10 million ARR in 60 days with 15 people. Osika describes Lovable as a personal AI software engineer built for the 99 percent of people who do not write code - his mother among them - after a lifetime of friends asking him how to find a software engineer. He explains the name through his product bar: not a minimum viable product but a minimum lovable product, then a lovable product, then an absolutely lovable one. On scaling with 15 people, he credits one driver - people love the product - and says he now hires generalists, obsessing over how many skill sets each person brings, with the stated goal of building the last piece of software anyone has to write. PARTIAL COVERAGE: this summary highlights the growth story and hiring philosophy; the live demo and pro tips are not covered. These are Osika's own claims and views, not independently verified.