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The Vibe Index

The startup directory of the vibe economy. Since day one we've tracked the companies and tools redefining how software gets built. To get listed, apply to get indexed.

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Showing 53 of 53 companies
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CursorSan Francisco, CA, USA
The AI code editor built to make you extraordinarily productive.
▶ Founder shortScalingVibe coding & dev toolsAIDev tools
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LovableStockholm, Sweden
Build software products by chatting with AI — from idea to app.
▶ Founder shortSeries AVibe coding & dev toolsAINo-code
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ReplitSan Francisco, CA, USA
Turn natural language into apps with Replit Agent.
▶ Founder shortScalingVibe coding & dev toolsAIDev tools
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PerplexitySan Francisco, CA, USA
The answer engine — ask anything and get cited, up-to-date answers.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAISearch
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MercorSan Francisco, CA, USA
AI-powered hiring — match, vet and pay specialized talent at scale.
▶ Founder shortSeries BBusiness & growthAIMarketplace
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Scale AISan Francisco, CA, USA
The data foundry for AI — training data and evaluation for frontier models.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthAIMarketplace
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CluelySan Francisco, CA, USA
Real-time AI that sees your screen and helps you in every call, meeting and interview.
▶ Founder shortSeries AAI & creator toolsAIProductivity
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xAIPalo Alto, CA, USA
Elon Musk's frontier-AI lab — Grok, Colossus, and a merger into SpaceX.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAIAgents
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OpenAISan Francisco, CA, USA
The ChatGPT maker — now building a screen-free device with Jony Ive's io.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAIAgents
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Safe SuperintelligencePalo Alto, CA, USA
Ilya Sutskever's one-goal lab: no product, no revenue, a $32B valuation.
▶ Founder shortSeries AAI & creator toolsAI
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DeepSeekHangzhou, China
The hedge-fund side project that wiped $589B off Nvidia in a day.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAIDev tools
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PatreonSan Francisco, CA, USA
Membership for creators — built by a musician tired of views that paid nothing.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsCreatorFintech
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InstagramSan Francisco, CA, USA
A dying check-in app, an 8-week pivot, and a $1B sale by a team of 13.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsCreatorConsumer
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FigmaSan Francisco, CA, USA
Design in the browser — from a Thiel Fellowship bet to a blocked $20B deal to an IPO.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsDesignDev tools
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ShopifyOttawa, Canada
The store platform a snowboarder built when the software for his own shop was terrible.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthE-commerceNo-code
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StripeSan Francisco, CA, USA
Payments in seven lines of code, from two teenage brothers in rural Ireland.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthFintechDev tools
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DuolingoPittsburgh, PA, USA
Free language learning for 500M+ people, from the inventor of CAPTCHA.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAIConsumer
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CanvaSydney, Australia
Rejected by 100 investors; now a $40B design platform from Perth.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsDesignAI
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AirbnbSan Francisco, CA, USA
They sold cereal to survive. Now Airbnb is worth around $100B.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthMarketplaceConsumer
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Thinking Machines LabSan Francisco, CA, USA
Mira Murati's lab: a ~$2B seed round at $12B — before a product existed.
▶ Founder shortSeedAI & creator toolsAIDev tools
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SunoCambridge, MA, USA
Make any song — with lyrics, vocals and instruments — from a prompt.
▶ Founder shortSeries BAI & creator toolsAIMusic & audio
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NotionSan Francisco, CA, USA
The connected workspace where better, faster work happens — now with AI.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAIProductivity
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NVIDIASanta Clara, CA, USA
The accelerated-computing platform the entire AI industry runs on.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthAIDev tools
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WindsurfMountain View, CA, USA
The agentic AI code editor that keeps you in flow.
▶ Founder shortScalingVibe coding & dev toolsAIDev tools
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Base44Tel Aviv, Israel
Build fully-functional apps in minutes, with just words.
▶ Founder shortScalingVibe coding & dev toolsAINo-code
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MidjourneySan Francisco, CA, USA
The bootstrapped image lab: zero investors, ~40 people, hundreds of millions in revenue.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAIDesign
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WhatsAppMenlo Park, CA, USA
From food stamps to a $19B sale — no ads, no games, just messaging.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsConsumerProductivity
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MedviLos Angeles, CA, USA
Two brothers, AI tools and $20K — reportedly $401M of revenue in year one.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthAIAgents
BoltRemote / USA
Prompt, run, edit and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser.
⭐ Top companySeries AVibe coding & dev toolsAINo-code
v0San Francisco, CA, USA
Generate UI and full-stack apps from a prompt.
⭐ Top companyScalingVibe coding & dev toolsAIDesign
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PalantirDenver, CO, USA
The data-integration platform built for the CIA — now worth more than Coca-Cola.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsAIAnalytics
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OracleAustin, TX, USA
The database giant that became the landlord of the AI boom.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthAIAnalytics
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GeminiNew York, NY, USA
The Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange — built on a Facebook settlement.
▶ Founder shortScalingMarkets & tradingFintechMarketplace
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AndurilCosta Mesa, CA, USA
AI-first defense — drones, subs and fighter jets from the founder Facebook fired.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthAIHardware
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CalendlyAtlanta, GA, USA
The scheduling link — bootstrapped on one founder's life savings to a $3B company.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthProductivityNo-code
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MailchimpAtlanta, GA, USA
Twenty years bootstrapped, never raised a dollar — sold for $12B.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthProductivityAnalytics
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SpanxAtlanta, GA, USA
$5,000 and a pair of cut-up pantyhose → the youngest self-made female billionaire.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthConsumerE-commerce
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MrBeastGreenville, NC, USA
Six years of videos nobody watched — then the biggest creator on Earth.
▶ Founder shortScalingAI & creator toolsCreatorConsumer
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AlibabaHangzhou, China
Rejected from 30 jobs, even KFC — then a record $25B IPO.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthE-commerceMarketplace
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DysonMalmesbury, UK
5,126 failed prototypes; the 5,127th became a $16B fortune.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthHardwareConsumer
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GoProSan Mateo, CA, USA
Selling beads out of a van — ten years later a $3B camera company.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthHardwareCreator
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ChobaniNorwich, NY, USA
A shepherd's son with $3,000 built a billion-dollar yogurt company — and gave workers 10%.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthConsumerE-commerce
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BumbleAustin, TX, USA
Pushed out of Tinder, she built the rival where women move first.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthConsumerMarketplace
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GymsharkSolihull, UK
A pizza-delivery driver sewing gym clothes in a garage — a $1.4B brand.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthConsumerE-commerce
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FlowMiami, FL, USA
Adam Neumann's second act in residential real estate, backed by a16z.
▶ Founder shortSeries ABusiness & growthMarketplaceConsumer
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FUBUNew York, NY, USA
Hats sewn in his mother's house, sold on a Queens corner — a $6B brand.
▶ Founder shortScalingBusiness & growthConsumerE-commerce
PromptForgeRemote
Structured prompt versioning for production teams.
Est. 2025SeedVibe coding & dev toolsAIDev tools
ClipFoundryDubai, UAE
Short-form production toolkit for YouTube and social loops.
Est. 2025SeedAI & creator toolsAICreator
CohortBeamBengaluru, India
Retention intelligence for subscription and media products.
Est. 2025SeedBusiness & growthAnalyticsAI
AgentRailBerlin, Germany
Guardrailed agent orchestration with audit-ready logs.
Est. 2025Pre-seedVibe coding & dev toolsAIAgents
FunnelCraftAustin, TX, USA
Conversion architecture templates for social-first brands.
Est. 2025SeedBusiness & growthAnalyticsCreator
SignalDeckSingapore
Live trend and intent signals for content planning.
Est. 2025Pre-seedAI & creator toolsAIAnalytics
RiskFrameLondon, UK
Risk budgeting tools for systematic discretionary workflows.
Est. 2025SeedMarkets & tradingFintechAnalytics

Guides

Playbooks and explainers for the vibe economy — updated for 2026.

About Vibe Index

What is the Vibe Index?

Vibe Index is the startup directory of the vibe economy, published by Vibe Economies. It profiles 53 companies and the founders behind them — the startups and AI tools redefining how companies get built — each with a founder short video, and filterable by category, tags, region and stage.

How do I get my startup into the Vibe Index?

Apply on the get indexed page. Editorial applications are free and reviewed; a paid listing is $30 one-time for 12 months, or $100 with a produced founder short video.

What does Vibe Index count as a vibe-economy startup?

Companies built fast with AI tools, and the tools themselves — AI coding, agents, design and build platforms — plus the founders shipping with them.

Is the Vibe Index free to browse?

Yes. Every company profile, founder short and guide is free to read, with no account and no paywall.