In his first interview since the acquisition, Maor Shlomo (@MS_BASE44) shares the behind-the-scenes story of bootstrapping @base_44 from zero to an $80M exit in 6 months. I rarely have early-stage founders on the podcast, but I made an exception because there's so much for all product builders to learn from this story, and in many ways Maor's journey is the dream for most founders. Learn: 🔸 The growth playbook that took Base44 from three friends to 400,000+ users 🔸 How he hasn’t written a single line of front-end code in three months—and how to structure your code repository to make it easier for AI to write your code 🔸 His AI productivity stack that allowed him to compete against heavily funded competitors 🔸 Why being a solo founder in AI might be the ultimate advantage (and the wedding story that almost killed the business) 🔸 How to identify when to sell vs. stay independent (and why Maor chose acquisition despite being highly profitable) 🔸 The story of signing the $80M acquisition deal while war broke out with Iran 🔸 The counterintuitive product decision that tripled activation by removing a “helpful” feature 🔸 How building in public on LinkedIn drove more growth than any paid channel Listen now 👇 • YouTube: • Spotify: • Apple: Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for supporting the podcast: 🏆 Sauce AI — Turn customer pain into product revenue: 🏆 @dscout — The UX platform to capture insights at every stage: from ideation to production: 🏆 @Contentsquare — Create better digital experiences: