A solo founder sold his 4-month-old AI builder to Wix for $80M — before hiring anyone
Maor Shlomo built Base44 alone, waking every few hours to mind the servers, and cleared $1.5M in subscriptions within a month of launch. Four months in — no employees, zero VC — Wix bought the vibe-coding startup for $80M cash, with the founder staying on to run it. The deal came together over three dinners at Wix CEO Avishai Abrahami's home. A striking proof that bootstrapped singles can outpace funded teams in the AI era.