From Mom’s Basement To $6bn In 12 Months

Fastest ever

Lovable went from zero to ~$6bn in valuation in about a year, reached $100m in ARR faster than anyone before it, and minted a 26-year-old founder as a paper billionaire. The story sounds absurd, almost engineered for maximum virality. But beneath the fairy-tale numbers sits something more interesting: a clear signal of where AI works, where capital is flowing, and how the VC playbook has changed in this cycle.