Lovable is an AI-powered development platform that enables you to rapidly build, prototype, and deploy applications using natural language and integrated APIs. Instead of writing extensive code, you can describe what you want to build and iterate quickly, making it ideal for turning ideas into functional products during the hackathon. Lovable supports rapid experimentation, integration with external tools, and end-to-end app development, helping teams move from concept to demo efficiently.
Lovable was founded in 2023 in Stockholm by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin, growing out of the open-source project GPT Engineer. It became one of the fastest-growing software companies on record and is backed by Accel, CapitalG (Google), Menlo Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Creandum.
Anton Osika, Co-founder & CEO. "On a mission to empower anyone to create." Anton co-founded Lovable in 2023. He previously worked in particle physics at CERN, was the first employee at Sana Labs working on deep learning research, and served as CTO at Depict.
Fabian Hedin, Co-founder & CTO. Fabian has founded and led several technology companies and brings a full-stack engineering background, with earlier roles as Frontend Lead at Depict and Fullstack Engineer at CurbFood.
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Lovable is the fastest way to get a usable interface in front of judges, especially for teams light on frontend experience. Some ideas on where it fits:
Idea to working app. Describe the legal tool you want and Lovable builds the interface and basic wiring, so your team spends time on the legal logic, not boilerplate.
Useful in combination with: Claude Code (for custom backend logic).
A face for your data and models. Connect your build to the data and models you are already using so users get a real product rather than raw output.
Useful in combination with: Neo4j, Cellar API, NVIDIA / Nemotron, Perplexity.
Deploy and share. Lovable handles deployment, so your prototype is a live link ready to demo.
Useful in combination with: GCP (if you outgrow built-in hosting).
Access will be provided via a discount code, which can be applied at checkout when upgrading to the Pro Plan 1.