Lovable CTO: The Future of SaaS Is Apps That Agents Can Use

Lovable is an AI-powered platform initially known for helping users build prototypes, minimum viable products, and production-ready software. Originally emerging from an open-source coding tool called GPT Engineer launched in 2023, the platform has grown rapidly, surpassing a five hundred million dollar annualized revenue run rate and raising a four hundred million dollar Series C investment that values the company at thirteen point three billion dollars.

The company is shifting its focus toward a future where artificial intelligence agents handle most interactions, reducing the need for humans to use conventional application interfaces. Lovable is introducing a concept called capabilities, which are specific functions within an application that agents can call directly. By exposing these functions through a hosted server, a single application gains both a traditional human user interface and an agent interface compatible with tools like ChatGPT and Claude.

This architecture aims to form a digital brain for organizations, consolidating multiple tools and workflows into a single entry point that connects context and capabilities. To maintain privacy and security when these agents access external tools like Slack, Lovable separates external connections from application code using a connector gateway and app user connectors that preserve individual permissions and store credentials securely on the server side.

This model changes how people use software by consolidating open browser tabs into a single AI layer, while the underlying vertical capabilities provided by tools remain valuable. Lovable positions itself as a platform for building these agent-accessible capabilities, advising that future software businesses must focus on providing tools designed for AI agents to use.