M&A
Wix buys six-month-old, bootstrapped Base44 for $80M cash
Wix acquired Base44, a vibe-coding app builder created by solo founder Maor Shlomo that reached 250,000 users and profitability in six months without outside funding, for $80M in cash on June 18, 2025, the clearest early sign that prompt-to-app products had real economics.