# A solo founder just sold his 6-month-old AI startup for USD 80 million

In 2025/5, Substack reported that Base44, the AI app-building platform founded by Maor Shlomo, had gained 300 thousand users and USD 3.5 million ARR in just 6 months before being acquired by Wix for USD 80 million. It had previously raised only a small amount of seed funding.



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## Connected profiles

- [Base44](/companies/base44-ub-c8906)

## Sources

- https://whatastartup.substack.com/p/a-solo-founder-just-sold-his-6-months-old-ai-startup-for-80-million-dollars