Eric Simons is the CEO and co-founder of StackBlitz, the company behind Bolt.new, which reached $40 million ARR in five months after launching in October 2024. Bolt.new is an AI-powered platform that allows anyone to build, edit, and deploy full-stack web applications directly in the browser.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Eric and Auren discuss:

• The explosive growth from $0 to $40M ARR
• Pioneering usage-based pricing for AI tools
• Competing with Replit, Lovable, and Vercel
• Building WebContainers technology for seven years

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