Base44的人工智能编程赌注：没有资金，数月盈利，8000万美元被Wix收购

做的是什么生意

Base44 was a web platform where non-programmers described an app in plain text and it generated a working application — database, storage, authentication, analytics and integrations included — powered by LLMs such as Anthropic's Claude.

启动资金：None raised: Base44 was bootstrapped by founder Maor Shlomo with no outside investors before the acquisition.

起因

Shlomo, a 31-year-old Israeli programmer whose previous startup was the Insight Partners-backed data-analytics company Explorium, started Base44 as a side project in late 2024 while working alone, documenting the journey publicly on X and LinkedIn. A public launch brought 10,000 users within its first three weeks.

经过

In six months Base44 grew to 250,000 users mainly by word of mouth, reached profitability by its fifth month and recorded $189,000 net profit in May 2025 even after covering high LLM token costs. eToro and Similarweb signed on as early partners; Amazon invited Shlomo to demo after he publicly explained choosing Anthropic's Claude over OpenAI for cost-performance.

结果

Wix announced on 2025-06-18 that it would acquire Base44 for $80 million in cash, with further milestone payments possible through 2029. Shlomo said the scale and volume needed was not something Base44 could grow into organically, and Wix's resources would accelerate it.

可借鉴之处

独立、自筹资金的团队可以快速验证产品市场匹配度；但当分发成为瓶颈时，在势头最高时卖给有渠道的平台可能比独自成长更好。