In the traditional venture capital world, what does a company valued at hundreds of millions usually look like?

It’s the brightly lit scene of working overtime in office buildings, the complex equity structures after several rounds of financing, and a large team of at least hundreds of people.
But in 2025, this “common sense” was completely shattered by a programmer named Maor Shlomo.
Not long ago, website building giant Wix announced the acquisition of AI application platform Base 44 for $80 million (approximately 580 million RMB).
The most intriguing part of this deal isn’t the amount, but the company structure of Base 44:
Founded: 6 months ago.
Full-time employees: 0 (excluding the founders).
Funding history: none.
This is a textbook victory of an “one-person company,” proving to everyone that with AI support, the ceiling for individual productivity has reached an unimaginable height.
01 What is “Vibe Coding”?
What Base 44 does isn’t complicated; in short, it uses AI to help you write software. But it has an essential difference from the ChatGPT coding we are familiar with.
Founder Maor Shlomo introduced a new concept — “Vibe Coding” (atmosphere/intuition programming).
Traditional low-code platforms still require you to drag components and draw logic diagrams; you still need to think like an engineer. But the logic of Base 44 is: “Intention is the application.”
Users only need to describe in natural language: “I