A security agency tested 5,000 apps built with Lovable, Replit, Base44 and Netlify. Every single one had vulnerabilities — including apps that were live, charging customers, and handling personal data.

Sophia Matveeva is joined by Rags Vadali — former Google engineer, Meta product lead who launched Instagram filters to 600 million people, and CEO of AI startup Floto — for an honest expert conversation about what AI tools can and cannot do for your product right now.

You'll learn:

• Why a product can look finished while being fundamentally unsafe
• What VCs now do when they see a vibe-coded product
• Why Apple is rejecting AI-built apps from the App Store
• When to call in developers in the age of AI (and why what they do for you has changed)

This is not an episode about why AI tools are bad.

It is about knowing where the line is — so you can use them on the right side of it.

Resource mentioned in this episode:

Wired: Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web

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Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Introduction: VC walks away from vibe-coded startup
• 02:36 - Security breach: 5,000 AI-built apps had vulnerabilities
• 05:00 - The iceberg problem: What's hidden below the surface
• 08:35 - Every single app had security issues exposed
• 11:09 - Who gets sued: The platforms or the founders?
• 13:09 - VCs rejecting vibe-coded apps during due diligence
• 15:29 - Apple cracking down on AI-generated apps
• 18:21 - The maintenance nightmare: Adding features breaks everything
• 24:46 - What kind of engineer you actually need now
• 29:53 - Building isn't the constraint anymore - sales and marketing are
• 34:35 - Engineers' role is now strategic, not operational

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Transcript: https://www.techfornontechies.co/blog/303-before-you-build-with-ai-what-every-non-technical-founder-needs-to-know