Anton Osika, chief executive officer of Lovable, sits down with Bloomberg’s Tom Mackenzie to explain why the fast-growing AI startup is keeping its headquarters in Stockholm instead of Silicon Valley — and why he believes the next $100 billion tech company could come from Sweden. Lovable was founded in 2023 and is one of a growing number of “vibe coding” startups that allow users to prototype apps and sites using plain-English prompts.
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00:00 Sweden’s startup model; attracting tech talent to Stockholm
02:15 Osika says next $100 billion tech firm could come from Sweden
03:53 What would you change to turbocharge Swedish tech success?
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@anmol6306
March 14, 2026 at 3:13 am
Nope
@alexanderrose1556
March 14, 2026 at 8:09 am
His probaly right, there is a vibe going on in that country that Ai is a thing to be used and there is a crazy wave of companies starting up that are actually doing crazy well
@massaminyeko5974
March 14, 2026 at 8:40 pm
There’s replit, base, dreamflow, bolt, cursor, claud and a sh*t load of other similar companies and services. Why is it that lovable will outpace everyone else?
@purplelobster42
March 15, 2026 at 5:53 am
Focusing on non-tech customers probably. The rest are focused on developers mainly.
@YusufEbr
March 15, 2026 at 7:12 am
and plenty more coming.
@nadelritter
March 15, 2026 at 7:41 am
Developers use the API of big LLMs in their apps and call it a revoltionary business.
Your moat as a company is barely there.
@essentials1016
March 15, 2026 at 9:14 am
For real
@nadelritter
March 15, 2026 at 9:25 am
@essentials1016 I mean, the only realistic moat that i see is u offer services and u get non public data for that sector in return to train on. Then the private data is your advantage.
@jaimeromero122
March 15, 2026 at 6:58 pm
This guy is an example for Europe. So proud.
@nevad34
March 15, 2026 at 8:47 pm
Lovable a terrible product 100% wont happen