Maor Shlomo is the Founder and CEO of Base44, the AI building platform that Maor built from idea to $80M acquisition by Wix, in just 8 months. Today the company serves millions of users and will hit $50M ARR by the end of the year. Before Base44, Maor was the Co-Founder and CTO of Explorium. ----------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:13 The Decision Behind Selling Base44 11:56 How Base44 Thinks About Defensibility 16:37 Mapping the Future of the Market in 3–5 Years 23:18 I’m Worried About Google 30:47 Margins Do Not Matter 37:15 What’s the Metric for User Success? 41:52 Do Early Revenue Numbers Actually Matter in AI? 49:33 Where Should Smart Money Go Today? 53:01 How does Base44 beat Cursor? 57:47 Will the AI Boom Hit a Revenue Speed Bump? 01:01:13 Are AI Builders Overvalued or Is Wix Undervalued? 01:03:45 Does Not Being in Silicon Valley Help or Hurt You? 01:05:07 Quick-Fire Round ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: ...