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Bolt.new, Flow Engineering for Code Agents, and >$8m ARR in 2 months as a Claude Wrapper

2 Dec 2024 35 published claims 2 attributable people
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Shawn WangAlessio Fanelli

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belief 12evaluation 8commitment 4prediction 4preference 3observation 2uncertainty 1recommendation 1

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01 / evaluation

Yeah. It's one of the most brilliant integrations actually, because, you know, effectively the API that Sean built, maybe you can speak to it, but like as a provider, we can just effectively give files to Netlify without the user even logging in and they have a live website.

“Yeah. It's one of the most brilliant integrations actually, because, you know, effectively the API that Sean built, maybe you can speak to it, but like as a provider, we can just effectively give files to Netlify without the user even logging in and they have a live website.”
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03 / evaluation

I think the, you know, the working on like existing enterprise applications is, I mean, it's crazy important because, you know, there's a, you look, when you look at the fortune 500, I mean, these code bases, some of these have been around for 20, 30 plus years.

“I think the, you know, the working on like existing enterprise applications is, I mean, it's crazy important because, you know, there's a, you look, when you look at the fortune 500, I mean, these code bases, some of these have been around for 20, 30 plus years.”
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04 / evaluation

By the way, I don't think it's that bad, but it's not so good. So I think that's a reason because, yeah, it helps you auto-complete, but then, and especially if you're working on your repo alone, but if it's need that context of remote repos that you're code-based, that's hard.

“By the way, I don't think it's that bad, but it's not so good. So I think that's a reason because, yeah, it helps you auto-complete, but then, and especially if you're working on your repo alone, but if it's need that context of remote repos that you're code-based, that's hard.”
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05 / observation

And I was like, what? And it turns out there are hundreds of thousands of people that we have seen that we're using cursor and we're trying to build apps with that where they're not traditional software does, but we're heavily leaning on the AI.

“And I was like, what? And it turns out there are hundreds of thousands of people that we have seen that we're using cursor and we're trying to build apps with that where they're not traditional software does, but we're heavily leaning on the AI.”
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06 / evaluation

So we, so when we first launched with StackBlitz is like, we were an enterprise play, right? And so when we launched in 2017, I think we tried pricing 2018 or 2019, but like it was free for a long time.

“So we, so when we first launched with StackBlitz is like, we were an enterprise play, right? And so when we launched in 2017, I think we tried pricing 2018 or 2019, but like it was free for a long time.”
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07 / evaluation

But the hardest part for everyone learning to code is getting an environment set up locally, you know? And so when we built StackBlitz, like kind of the key thesis, like seven years ago, the insight we had was that, Hey, it seems like the browser has a lot of new APIs like WebAssembly and service workers, et cetera, where you could actually write an operating system that ran inside the browser that could boot in milliseconds.

“But the hardest part for everyone learning to code is getting an environment set up locally, you know? And so when we built StackBlitz, like kind of the key thesis, like seven years ago, the insight we had was that, Hey, it seems like the browser has a lot of new APIs like WebAssembly and service workers, et cetera, where you could actually write an operating system that ran inside the browser that could boot in milliseconds.”
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08 / commitment

It's actually a unified image basically. And we can instrument it at any level that we think is going to be useful, which is exactly what we did when we started building Bolt is we instrumented stuff at like the process level, at the runtime level, you know, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.

“It's actually a unified image basically. And we can instrument it at any level that we think is going to be useful, which is exactly what we did when we started building Bolt is we instrumented stuff at like the process level, at the runtime level, you know, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.”
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09 / evaluation

I mean, what's super interesting is the context you're working in is, because for us too with Bolt, we've started thinking because our kind of existing business line was going behind the firewall, right?

“I mean, what's super interesting is the context you're working in is, because for us too with Bolt, we've started thinking because our kind of existing business line was going behind the firewall, right?”
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10 / prediction

Like we might, you know, Bolt is, I think one of the first things, but yeah, I mean, it's just, to me, it's inevitable that we're going to see many more things kind of leveraging this, this sort of use case and the amount of efficiency you can get out of using

“Like we might, you know, Bolt is, I think one of the first things, but yeah, I mean, it's just, to me, it's inevitable that we're going to see many more things kind of leveraging this, this sort of use case and the amount of efficiency you can get out of using”
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11 / evaluation

One is the fact just like installing our software without yet like doing anything, making it work, just installing it because we work with enterprise and Fortune 500, etc.

“One is the fact just like installing our software without yet like doing anything, making it work, just installing it because we work with enterprise and Fortune 500, etc.”
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12 / evaluation

rst launched with StackBlitz is like, we were an enterprise play, right? And so when we launched in 2017, I think we tried pricing 2018 or 2019, but like it was free for a long time.

“rst launched with StackBlitz is like, we were an enterprise play, right? And so when we launched in 2017, I think we tried pricing 2018 or 2019, but like it was free for a long time.”
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14 / preference

I can elaborate later. But closing the brackets, like we take Alpha Codium and as our principle of thinking, we take tasks and break them down to smaller tasks.

“I can elaborate later. But closing the brackets, like we take Alpha Codium and as our principle of thinking, we take tasks and break them down to smaller tasks.”
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16 / prediction

One of the core reasons we open-sourced kind of the core components of Bolt when we launched was that we think that there's going to be a lot more of these AI, in-your-browser AI co-gen experiences, kind of like what Anthropic did with Artifacts and Clod.

“One of the core reasons we open-sourced kind of the core components of Bolt when we launched was that we think that there's going to be a lot more of these AI, in-your-browser AI co-gen experiences, kind of like what Anthropic did with Artifacts and Clod.”
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18 / uncertainty

Everyone at the time, like we talked to people that like worked on, you know Chrome and V8 and they were like, uhhhh. You know, like I don't know.

“Everyone at the time, like we talked to people that like worked on, you know Chrome and V8 and they were like, uhhhh. You know, like I don't know.”
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20 / belief

Cause it's, I think what they're doing is actually, I mean, I'm very curious to see what Microsoft does because if anyone is good at giving out VMs, tying it to a coder and putting AI in it, it's Sia.

“Cause it's, I think what they're doing is actually, I mean, I'm very curious to see what Microsoft does because if anyone is good at giving out VMs, tying it to a coder and putting AI in it, it's Sia.”
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21 / belief

Totally. And I think, you know, and I think we, we have to staff up because I mean, we went from, you know, call it zero customers to, you know, 20, 30,000 kind of, you know, in six weeks, we have to have certainly more customer support, customer success stuff, et cetera.

“Totally. And I think, you know, and I think we, we have to staff up because I mean, we went from, you know, call it zero customers to, you know, 20, 30,000 kind of, you know, in six weeks, we have to have certainly more customer support, customer success stuff, et cetera.”
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22 / belief

I think that's been, you know, really the big explosive reason is no one else has been trying to make dev environments work inside of a browser tab, you know, for the past if since ever, other than basically our company, largely because there wasn't an immediate demand or need.

“I think that's been, you know, really the big explosive reason is no one else has been trying to make dev environments work inside of a browser tab, you know, for the past if since ever, other than basically our company, largely because there wasn't an immediate demand or need.”
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23 / belief

I think today we've had peak traffic, just kind of set the previous- and that's kind of been every day this week. But anyways, yeah, I think things just continue to accelerate, which is kind of blowing my mind, because it's just the sheer numbers of this stuff are just mind-boggling.

“I think today we've had peak traffic, just kind of set the previous- and that's kind of been every day this week. But anyways, yeah, I think things just continue to accelerate, which is kind of blowing my mind, because it's just the sheer numbers of this stuff are just mind-boggling.”
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25 / commitment

Like, for example, some people, they're, I want only AWS and VPC on AWS, no matter what. And then they, some of them, like there is a subset, I will say, I'm willing to take models only for from Bedrock and not ours.

“Like, for example, some people, they're, I want only AWS and VPC on AWS, no matter what. And then they, some of them, like there is a subset, I will say, I'm willing to take models only for from Bedrock and not ours.”
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28 / belief

I think, yeah, I think initially we're like, okay, there should just be a way to like, for Bolt to just go and spin up these things on their behalf and just, and just, you know, both of them have APIs to do so.

“I think, yeah, I think initially we're like, okay, there should just be a way to like, for Bolt to just go and spin up these things on their behalf and just, and just, you know, both of them have APIs to do so.”
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29 / belief

I think there's, you know, we've addressed just a lot of the low hanging P0 stuff then, and we've actually seen, we've kind of the, you know, there's, there's key moments where it's just kind of like been going like that, which has been cool.

“I think there's, you know, we've addressed just a lot of the low hanging P0 stuff then, and we've actually seen, we've kind of the, you know, there's, there's key moments where it's just kind of like been going like that, which has been cool.”
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35 / recommendation

talk about, but also kind of what we went through in our, in our call was I have PMF now, what is, is kind of what I've been saying. And so like, I think the first answer is hire a data scientist because we have to sort of figure out like from our data that you're now sitting on a ton of different customers and we don't really know the different customer segments.

“talk about, but also kind of what we went through in our, in our call was I have PMF now, what is, is kind of what I've been saying. And so like, I think the first answer is hire a data scientist because we have to sort of figure out like from our data that you're now sitting on a ton of different customers and we don't really know the different customer segments.”
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