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#no-code case studies
3 sourced case studies tagged #no-code. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.
- Formula Bot: a weekend no-code app, one Reddit post, and a $4–5K API bill
- Builder.ai: a $1.5B 'AI app builder' that collapsed into insolvency
- Lovable: a vibe-coding app builder that says it hit $100M ARR 8 months after its first $1M
AI tools2 sources · 1 min
Formula Bot: a weekend no-code app, one Reddit post, and a $4–5K API bill
David Bressler built Excel Formula Bot in Bubble over a weekend. A Reddit post brought 100,000 visitors overnight and a surprise OpenAI bill before pricing was in place.
aino-codebubble
AI tools3 sources · 2 min
Builder.ai: a $1.5B 'AI app builder' that collapsed into insolvency
Builder.ai raised hundreds of millions to build apps with an AI assistant called Natasha. Former staff say humans did most of the work; restated revenue and a cash seizure ended it in May 2025.
aino-codecautionary
Vibe-coded6 sources · 2 min
Lovable: a vibe-coding app builder that says it hit $100M ARR 8 months after its first $1M
A Swedish team rebranded GPT Engineer as Lovable, a browser app builder for non-developers. Company-reported growth was extreme; so was the security lesson for the apps people built with it.
aivibe-codingno-code
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