We were going to shut down our company…now we’re worth $700M | Eric Simons (Bolt)

My guest today is Eric Simons.


Eric is the CEO of Bolt, the AI coding platform that has exploded
from 0 to 3M users in less than a year.


Eric gave me a live demo of building a $2B mobile app from
scratch with Bolt, how his “overnight” success was seven years in
the making, and how real product teams use Bolt to get work done
faster.


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Timestamps:


(00:00) From almost shutting down to $20M ARR in 2 months


(01:20) Watch Bolt build Spotify with a single prompt


(03:59) Live demo of building a $2B mobile app in 15 min


(05:16) How to test your prototypes on mobile with Expo


(10:03) Redesigning UX just by pasting in a screenshot


(15:00) "Vibe coding" secrets straight from Eric


(18:38) How Bolt will solve the AI debugging doom loop


(24:34) The AI prototyping use case that most people aren't
thinking about


(27:21) The inside story of scaling Bolt from 0 to 3M users


(41:10) Why AI products are like surfboards in a tsunami


Get the takeaways:
https://creatoreconomy.so/p/building-a-billion-dollar-app-with-bolt-ai


Where to find Eric:


X: https://x.com/ericsimons40


Website: bolt.new


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