Anton Osika
Co-Founder & CEO at Lovable
Co-founder and CEO of Lovable, an AI software engineer that turns English prompts into working products; the fastest growing startup in Europe ever, hitting $4M ARR in four weeks and $10M ARR in two months with just 15 people.
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Episode Summary
Anton Osika shares how Lovable became Europe's fastest-growing startup ever by building an AI software engineer that turns English prompts into working products. With just 15 people, they hit $10M ARR in two months, driven entirely by product quality. He advocates for generalist hiring, minimum lovable products over MVPs, and discusses how AI tools are reshaping what product teams should look like going forward.
Leadership Principles
- → People love the product — that's the driver of growth, not marketing or hacks
- → Being a generalist is much more important than it used to be — obsess about getting many skill sets per person
- → Build a minimum lovable product, then a lovable product, then an absolutely lovable product
Notable Quotes
"The best word for a great product is that it's lovable. A lot of jargon I like to use is building a minimum lovable product, then a lovable product, then an absolutely lovable product."
— On the naming philosophy behind Lovable
"Being a generalist, I think, is much more important than it used to be. If I'm putting together a product team today, I would really obsess about getting as many skill sets as possible for each person I hire."
— On how AI tools change the ideal team composition
"People love the product. That's the driver of the growth."
— On what enabled $10M ARR in two months with 15 people
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