First Block: Interview with Fabian Hedin, Co-Founder and CTO of Lovable

About this episode

Fabian Hedin discusses his journey as co-founder and CTO of Lovable, a platform that enables app and website creation through AI, and shares insights on rapid scaling and software development.

Welcome to First Block , a Notion series where founders from the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey—and what they learned from that experience.In this episode, we spoke with Fabian Hedin, Co-founder and CTO of Lovable. Lovable is a platform that lets you build apps and websites by chatting with AI. After launching in November 2024, they've scaled from $1M to $100M ARR in just eight months—one of the fastest growth trajectories in AI history.Fabian shares his journey from running Minecraft servers in high school to cofounding Lovable, the bold bet on democratizing software development, and why building for today's AI capabilities beats betting on tomorrow's. For video, transcripts, and custom Notion x Lovable templates, please visit: ⁠ https://ntn.so/hz0tpb To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ https://ntn.so/v53xj8 Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:38 Early Journey 05:57 Becoming Lovable 08:40 Launch Lessons 09:39 Scaling Fast 12:38 Building with AI 17:11 What's Production-Ready 19:39 Notion x Lovable 20:34 Future of Building 21:20 Advice Block

People in this episode

Host: Notion

Guest: Fabian Hedin

Topics covered

• startup journey
• AI development
• scaling businesses
• software democratization
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• Lovable
• Fabian Hedin
• AI
• startup growth
• software development
• Notion
• entrepreneurship
• Minecraft

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lovable

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