You couldn’t really miss it, but yesterday Lovable announced a $400m Series C funding round at a $13.3bn valuation.
The speed of growth is staggering.
Lovable has doubled its valuation since December 2025, when it raised $330m in Series B funding at a $6.6bn valuation.
Since then, the number of projects built on Lovable has jumped from 25 million to 60 million, while ARR has nearly tripled in just eight months.
Today, 1.2 million new projects are being built on the platform every week.
Even in the world of AI – where reality doesn’t always keep pace with the hype – it’s hard not to love Lovable.
But here’s the clever bit.
The technology might get people through the door, but it doesn’t fully explain the extraordinary growth.
For that, look at the storytelling – and, above all, the power of word of mouth.
Wednesday’s beautifully choreographed $400m Series C announcement triggered a slew of positive social media posts, including many from current Lovable staffers.
The words may have been different, but the message was the same: see how Lovable can change your life too.
In the congested world of tech – and amid the global race for tech talent – Lovable is riding the wave as the poster boy of Europe’s tech sector.
None of this is a secret. It’s all taking place in plain sight.
CTO and co-founder Fabian Hedin said as much yesterday on LinkedIn.
He founded the business in 2023 with CEO Anton Osika, before launching it in 2024.
Hedin wrote: “The growth of Lovable hinged on word of mouth. People suddenly had a way to act on their creative ideas, and they told other people about it. That’s still true today.”
Osika also took to LinkedIn to tell his 191,000 followers that ‘we are nowhere close to done’ and ‘it’s still day zero’.
Still day zero
The messaging is clear: a business valued at $13.3bn and it’s still ‘day zero’.
It reminded me of Jeff Bezos’ mantra at Amazon to treat every day like ‘day one’, so you never lose the edge and mentality of an agile startup.
Lovable is in the midst of a global hiring spree – including in London – and yesterday’s funding announcement was also a calling card to the world’s tech talent: come and work for us.
Patrick Torstensson joined Lovable in April 2026 as head of engineering after holding the same position at Meta.
After a career that has seen him hold senior roles at Google, Spotify and Oracle, he’s a true tech heavyweight.
He took to LinkedIn (see the common theme?) to write: “At Lovable, people are building 1.2 million new projects every week, launching businesses, solving real problems, and earning real money doing it.
“None of this works without an engineering team that can solve genuinely hard problems: AI infrastructure that holds at scale, agent and ML systems that compound with every build, trust and safety that outpaces a fast-moving space, and platform engineering that hides all that complexity behind something simple.
“Today, we announced a $400M Series C at a $13.3bn valuation to go further. We’re hiring across all of it, in Stockholm and London. Want to build one of Europe’s most ambitious AI-native companies from the inside, or know someone who should?”
His post ended with a predictable link to Lovable’s jobs page, where there are currently 68 positions available, including 24 in London.
The same message was reinforced repeatedly by Lovable staff, investors, journalists and influencers.
Simon Squibb
Simon Squibb, the British entrepreneur, angel investor, author and social media creator, shared the story of how he became an investor in Lovable.
“Anton Osika pitched me a tool that builds your product for you,” he told his 245k followers on LinkedIn. “No coding, no tech co-founder needed. And I thought about all the dreamers I meet who’ve got the idea and the customer… and no way to build the thing. So I invested.
“I never sat there thinking about the money it could make me. I never even thought it would become a $13 billion company. I didn’t care.
“I just saw it as a way to help more people I meet and it does it.
“Anyone raising money right now: look at your investor’s motive before you take their cash.
“Everyone’s watched Dragons’ Den and thinks investors are only in it for the return. Most of the successful ones I know aren’t. They want to help someone. They want a thing to exist in the world that they believe should exist.”
Harry Stebbings, podcast host and founder of 20VC, also shared a photo of himself with Osika and a similar story of how he came to invest in Lovable.
Harry Stebbings and Anton Osika
“I was selling Anton Osika on investing in Project Europe,” he told his 276k followers on LinkedIn. “I was saying how we would become the talent magnet for the best young founders in Europe etc etc.
“He invested. He then said: ‘Do you want to invest in Lovable?’
“Without a moment of hesitation, I said ‘yes, count us in’.
“Today, they announce their $400M Series C at a $13.3bn valuation and a 50x+ on that first check!
“Anton, you are building one of the most consequential companies of our time and I am so proud of you my friend.”
Lovable is clearly an amazing business, but the quality of its tech is matched by the power of its story – and its ability to keep people talking about it.