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Wix Acquires 6-Month-Old Solo-Dev Startup Base44 for $80M Cash — Vibe Coding Goes Corporate
Solo developer Maor Shlomo built Base44 — an AI vibe-coding platform that generates full-stack apps from natural language prompts with built-in hosting, database, and auth. Hit 250K users, achieved profitability, and landed B2B deals with eToro and SimilarWeb within months. Wix acquired it for $80M cash + earn-out, integrating it across their 300M-user no-code ecosystem. The 8-person team got $25M in retention bonuses. **Builder signal**: A single developer built an $80M company in 6 months usin
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