- Anton Osika, founder of Lovable, describes a platform that lets anyone build software by having a conversation, unlocking new economies and human agency.
- He frames the Anthropic–Lovable relationship as a genuine partnership — dedicated Anthropic people, a feeling of building something together rather than a customer-vendor relationship.
- His central theme: the most underrated moat in AI is trust — a trusted, loved brand that people keep coming back to is rare and cannot be achieved magically.
The Problem Solvers | Anton Osika at Lovable
- Lovable lets anyone take an idea for software and build it themselves by having a conversation with the platform, empowering every human who wants to create something.
- Osika stresses being thoughtful about how new technology affects all humans, and running a fast-paced tech company responsibly even when everyone has to move very fast.
- As things have "exploded," the collaboration with Anthropic has grown into dedicated support and interactions, feeling more like building something together than a customer-vendor relationship.
- Lovable launched the product two months prior with very good user growth, against the backdrop of what Osika calls a generational shift.
- His advice to founders working with Anthropic: dig into the partnership, ask for help, and spend time with the team, because these are humans who really care.
- He argues the most underrated moat in AI is trust — a trusted brand that people love and keep coming back to is very rare and isn't achieved magically.
- A core Lovable value is to "care deeply" — be obsessed with what customers need and want, focusing on craft and every detail of the product experience to make hard software development simple.
- Osika is excited about a world where more is possible: as friction for starting a company and building products disappears, more human agency is unlocked and more societal problems get solved — already visible with millions building on the platform.
Lovable — A platform that lets anyone build software by having a conversation with it.
Moat — A durable competitive advantage that protects a business; here, trust is named the most underrated one in AI.
Human agency — People's capacity to act and create; Osika argues it expands as friction to building drops.
Generational shift — The large-scale change Osika says we are all standing in front of in AI and software.
Partnership — The collaborative relationship between Anthropic and Lovable, beyond customer-vendor.
Craft — Attention to detail and quality in building the product experience.
I think it's very important to be extremely thoughtful about how this new technology affects all humans. Running a tech company at a very high pace is not for the faint of heart. Doing it right and making sure that, even though everyone has to move really, really fast, we do so responsibly.
Lovable lets anyone take an idea for software and build it themselves by having a conversation with our platform. We're in the business of unlocking new economies, empowering every human out there who wants to create something.
What is unlocked by Anthropic and Lovable working together? Since everything's been exploding, there's been more support and more interactions between our teams. We've gotten dedicated people from the Anthropic team that work with us. It starts feeling more like we're building something together than just a customer-vendor relationship. We launched this product two months ago. User growth has been really good. Needless to say, I think we are all standing in front of a generational shift. My advice to founders working with Anthropic would be to dig into a partnership and ask for help and spend time with the team, because these are humans that actually really care.
So I've heard you say the most underrated moat in AI is trust. Something that I think is very rare in AI is a trusted brand that people love and keep coming back to. To have that trusted brand, that's not something that you magically achieve. It's really warming my heart, feeling the exciting things everyone is building.
One of the values we have at Lovable is to care deeply, constantly be obsessed and think about what our customers need, what they want. It's about the craft and every detail of what you're doing when you're improving your product experience and making sure to make this super hard topic of software development simple.
I'm super excited about this world where more things are possible. There is fundamentally more human agency that's unlocked when frictions for starting a company and building your product start disappearing. So I think we're entering an era where there are more societal problems that are getting solved. We're seeing that live with millions of people building on top of our platform.
TL;DR
- Anton Osika, founder of Lovable, describes a platform that lets anyone build software by having a conversation, unlocking new economies and human agency.
- He frames the Anthropic–Lovable relationship as a genuine partnership — dedicated Anthropic people, a feeling of building something together rather than a customer-vendor relationship.
- His central theme: the most underrated moat in AI is trust — a trusted, loved brand that people keep coming back to is rare and cannot be achieved magically.
Takeaways
- Lovable lets anyone take an idea for software and build it themselves by having a conversation with the platform, empowering every human who wants to create something.
- Osika stresses being thoughtful about how new technology affects all humans, and running a fast-paced tech company responsibly even when everyone has to move very fast.
- As things have "exploded," the collaboration with Anthropic has grown into dedicated support and interactions, feeling more like building something together than a customer-vendor relationship.
- Lovable launched the product two months prior with very good user growth, against the backdrop of what Osika calls a generational shift.
- His advice to founders working with Anthropic: dig into the partnership, ask for help, and spend time with the team, because these are humans who really care.
- He argues the most underrated moat in AI is trust — a trusted brand that people love and keep coming back to is very rare and isn't achieved magically.
- A core Lovable value is to "care deeply" — be obsessed with what customers need and want, focusing on craft and every detail of the product experience to make hard software development simple.
- Osika is excited about a world where more is possible: as friction for starting a company and building products disappears, more human agency is unlocked and more societal problems get solved — already visible with millions building on the platform.
Vocabulary
Lovable — A platform that lets anyone build software by having a conversation with it.
Moat — A durable competitive advantage that protects a business; here, trust is named the most underrated one in AI.
Human agency — People's capacity to act and create; Osika argues it expands as friction to building drops.
Generational shift — The large-scale change Osika says we are all standing in front of in AI and software.
Partnership — The collaborative relationship between Anthropic and Lovable, beyond customer-vendor.
Craft — Attention to detail and quality in building the product experience.
Transcript
I think it's very important to be extremely thoughtful about how this new technology affects all humans. Running a tech company at a very high pace is not for the faint of heart. Doing it right and making sure that, even though everyone has to move really, really fast, we do so responsibly.
Lovable lets anyone take an idea for software and build it themselves by having a conversation with our platform. We're in the business of unlocking new economies, empowering every human out there who wants to create something.
What is unlocked by Anthropic and Lovable working together? Since everything's been exploding, there's been more support and more interactions between our teams. We've gotten dedicated people from the Anthropic team that work with us. It starts feeling more like we're building something together than just a customer-vendor relationship. We launched this product two months ago. User growth has been really good. Needless to say, I think we are all standing in front of a generational shift. My advice to founders working with Anthropic would be to dig into a partnership and ask for help and spend time with the team, because these are humans that actually really care.
So I've heard you say the most underrated moat in AI is trust. Something that I think is very rare in AI is a trusted brand that people love and keep coming back to. To have that trusted brand, that's not something that you magically achieve. It's really warming my heart, feeling the exciting things everyone is building.
One of the values we have at Lovable is to care deeply, constantly be obsessed and think about what our customers need, what they want. It's about the craft and every detail of what you're doing when you're improving your product experience and making sure to make this super hard topic of software development simple.
I'm super excited about this world where more things are possible. There is fundamentally more human agency that's unlocked when frictions for starting a company and building your product start disappearing. So I think we're entering an era where there are more societal problems that are getting solved. We're seeing that live with millions of people building on top of our platform.