Lovable, a Swedish AI vibe coding startup, achieves unicorn status with $200M Series A funding, amassing over 2.3 million active users and 180,000 paying subscribers in just 8 months since launch, envisioning itself as a tool for creating production-grade applications underpinning full-fledged businesses.
Meta and AWS join forces to empower 30 US startups building AI applications on Meta's open-source Llama platform, providing $200,000 in AWS cloud credits and technical support as Meta aims to make Llama the leading platform for AI app development.
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Windsurf, a popular vibe-coding startup reportedly being acquired by OpenAI, says Anthropic significantly reduced its direct access to Claude AI models, forcing it to find alternative providers and potentially causing availability issues for users accessing these models on Windsurf's platform.
Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei predicts the emergence of a $1B AI-powered unicorn with just one human employee by 2026, fueled by their latest models Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4, which can code, reason, and support agentic capabilities to automate tasks and run experiments.
Meta, Hugging Face, and Scaleway have joined forces to launch an AI startup accelerator at STATION F, offering housing, events, and comprehensive startup programs to support and nurture promising AI ventures.
Google unveiled the AI Futures Fund, a strategic initiative to empower startups leveraging Google's AI tools, providing early access to models, expert support, cloud credits, and potential investment, while also committing resources for AI education, training, and supporting nonprofits in the field.
Y Combinator startups are experiencing unprecedented growth, with AI driving rapid product development and profitability, allowing small teams to reach $10 million in revenue, signaling a shift from growth-at-all-costs to sustainable business models.