Vibe Coding2026-07-09 · source-backed
Lovable is reportedly raising at a doubled $13.2B valuation.
Story
Per Sifted, Lovable is in talks for a roughly $300M round led by Menlo Ventures that would double its valuation to $13.2B. Investor appetite for consumer and prosumer code generation clearly hasn't cooled. Whether the revenue justifies it is the question nobody's answering out loud, but the money is voting yes.
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