Maor Shlomo is the Founder and CEO of Base44, the AI building platform that Maor built from idea to $80M acquisition by Wix, in just 8 months. Today the company serves millions of users and will hit $50M ARR by the end of the year. Before Base44, Maor was the Co-Founder and CTO of Explorium.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:13 The Decision Behind Selling Base44
11:56 How Base44 Thinks About Defensibility
16:37 Mapping the Future of the Market in 3–5 Years
23:18 I’m Worried About Google
30:47 Margins Do Not Matter
37:15 What’s the Metric for User Success?
41:52 Do Early Revenue Numbers Actually Matter in AI?
49:33 Where Should Smart Money Go Today?
53:01 How does Base44 beat Cursor?
57:47 Will the AI Boom Hit a Revenue Speed Bump?
01:01:13 Are AI Builders Overvalued or Is Wix Undervalued?
01:03:45 Does Not Being in Silicon Valley Help or Hurt You?
01:05:07 Quick-Fire Round
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