Vibecode
Riley Brown
An AI content creator who co-founded an app to build apps.
Vibecode
Revenue
$9.4M raised
10K+ paying users
Audience
10K+ paying users
Launched
June 2025
01Started from
Where it started
AI content creator with 1.5M+ followers across platforms, who became a co-founder.
- Tech level
- Non-coder at first, self-taught vibe coder
- Starting money
- Not disclosed
- How it was built
- Co-founded with Ansh Nanda and Kehan Zhang; Riley is the public face and teaches vibe coding.
- Funding
- $9.4M seed (Aug. 2025) led by Seven Seven Six (Alexis Ohanian).
- Tools
- AI code generation toolsVibecode
02Journey
The journey
Before Vibecode
An audience first
Without being a coder at first, he grows an audience of 1.5M+ followers around AI tools.
June 2025
Vibecode launches
An iOS app that turns a plain-language description into a working mobile app.
Aug. 2025
$9.4M seed
A $9.4M seed round led by Seven Seven Six, Alexis Ohanian's fund.
Within months
10K+ paying users
Carried by Riley's audience, Vibecode passes 10K paying users. Revenue isn't disclosed.
03Lessons
What you can take from it
- 01
Build an audience before the product: Riley's followers became the first paying users.
- 02
Teach what you build: educational content is also your marketing.
- 03
Borrow a familiar comparison: "as easy as making a TikTok" explains the product instantly.
“What if building an app was as easy as making a TikTok?”
Figures come from public sources (press, the founders’ own posts) and are sometimes self-reported.
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