Building Lovable: $10M ARR in 60 days with 15 people | Anton Osika (co-founder and CEO)
Anton Osika is the co-founder and CEO of Lovable, which is building what they call “the last piece of software”—an AI-powered tool that turns descriptions into working products without requiring any coding knowledge. Since launching three months ago, Lovable hit $4 million ARR in the first four weeks and $10 million ARR in two months with a team of just 15 people, making it Europe’s fastest-growing startup ever.
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What you’ll learn:
- Why you need to be in the top 1% of AI tool users
- Watch Lovable build a functional Airbnb clone in 30 seconds—complete with working features and modern design
- The unconventional hiring approach that helped build a 15-person team capable of extraordinary execution
- How traditional product development will look with AI
- What skills will matter most to product teams going forward
- How Anton’s team discovered a breakthrough in AI “unsticking itself”
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Brought to you by:
- Sinch—Build messaging, email, and calling into your product
- Persona—A global leader in digital identity verification
- Fundrise Flagship Fund—Invest in $1.1 billion of real estate
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Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-lovable-anton-osika
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Where to find Anton Osika:
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In this episode, we cover:
(00:00) Introduction to Anton and Lovable
(05:12) Lovable’s rapid growth
(09:39) Live demo: Building an Airbnb clone
(18:34) Tips for mastering Lovable
(21:42) The origin story
(26:50) Scaling laws and getting AI unstuck
(33:20) Reliability and unique features
(36:25) The vision and future of Lovable
(38:14) Skills and job market evolution in the age of AI
(40:30) Hiring philosophy and team dynamics
(46:21) Building in Europe
(48:02) Prioritization and product roadmap
(51:38) Tools and work environment
(53:17) Tactics for moving fast
(54:37) Advice for building product teams
(57:11) Empowering non-technical founders
(58:31) Future developments and user support
(01:01:23) Failure corner
(01:05:20) Final thoughts and advice
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Referenced:
- Lovable: https://lovable.dev/
- Lovable Launched: https://launched.lovable.app/
- Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/
- Supabase: https://supabase.com/
- GPT engineer: https://github.com/gpt-engineer-org/gptengineer.app
- Microsoft Copilot: https://copilot.microsoft.com/chats/cmFw8dTsGU8D6b9siqQ6U
- Fabian Hedin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-hedin-2377b0144/
- Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/behind-the-product-replit-amjad-masad
- Replit: https://replit.com/
- Cursor: https://www.cursor.com
- Bolt: https://bolt.new/
- GitHub: https://github.com/
- Lane Shackleton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laneshackleton/
- FigJam: https://www.figma.com/figjam/
- Linear: https://linear.app/
- Sana Labs: https://sanalabs.com/
- Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/
- Claude: https://claude.ai/
- ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
- Lovable on X: https://x.com/Lovable_dev
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