Vibe coding platform Base44 launches own model as AI startups seek defensibility
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Vibe coding platform launching its own model, relevant to AI-assisted development and startup defensibility.
Base44, the vibe coding platform acquired by Wix for $80 million, is rolling out its own LLM called Base1, trained on tens of millions of user interactions, to reduce reliance on frontier models and improve latency, cost, and efficiency. The move addresses growing concerns about defensibility for AI startups built on third-party models, as competitors like Lovable and frontier labs (Anthropic, xAI) also target the app-creation space. Founder Maor Shlomo argues specialization will outperform general models, while VCs note inference cost pressure is driving enterprise demand for optimized, orchestrated model selection.