# @20vc on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=VHo7HYwosGg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37305582-20vc-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/4c5ef84f77.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-24T15:09:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 20VC with Harry Stebbings (@20vc) — https://gondola.cc/20vc

## Caption

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.
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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
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## Stats

- **Views:** 14,257
- **Likes:** 247
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- **Comments:** 28

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20VC with Harry Stebbings | @20vc | https://gondola.cc/20vc | Podcast |

## Tags

vibecoding, salesforce, harrystebbings, maorshlomo, defensibility, saas, base44, ai, google, 20vc

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