Vibe coding, which lets anyone build apps without knowing coding, opens the door to a new economy of solo entrepreneurs. When Justin Jin launched Giggles, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered entertainment app, he and his partners leaned on AI to build the product, landing nearly 150,000 people on a waitlist and racking up 150 million impressions in weeks. After debuting on Apple’s App Store recently, the app hit the top 50 at its peak, Jin said. “The real opportunity for the next social network lies in enabling 100% of users to participate fully in content creation,” Jin told. “That’s where AI comes in at Giggles.” Replit CEO Amjad Masad cited the case of a British doctor using vibe coding to build a health-tracking app for 200 pounds ($270) and an Uber driver with trucking experience able to build a logistics app on Replit’s vibe coding platform. “We see entrepreneurs from all walks of life,” Masad said. He noted that the trajectory of new company creation in the U.S. has been declining in past decades, but “with AI, we’re going to see that explode again.” “This is the easiest, most accessible programming language ever because everyone knows it. You don’t even need to be grammatically correct,” Yaakov Sash, founder and CEO of Casso.ai said. “This will make software creation virtually costless and frictionless.” Sash said that if anyone can create software instantly, “then the very process of solving problems, creating businesses, and generating value becomes radically more efficient—forming the basis for a new economy.” Jonathan Garini, CEO and enterprise AI strategist at fifthelement.ai, said “Vibe coding could turn into a “meaningful economy” because it democratizes access, even if it won’t replace the traditional ways of developing software.”