me: you can build mobile apps from your phone! Steve Wozniak: "wow, unbelievable" Apple App Store: you can't.

Imagine your app updates could "hot reload" on your users' phones... Oh wait, with @CreateWithBloom this is already possible!

What’s happening here matters beyond Bloom. We’re watching the cost of building real software collapse. Things that used to require a full team can now be built by one person with taste, technical judgment, and the right tools. That should expand what gets made. Instead, Apple is shutting down an entire category before it really has the chance to exist.

Biggest update I’ve ever shared… @CreateWithBloom raised $3.4M to unlock the creator economy for software. Let’s be honest: web apps are easy, but building and sharing mobile apps sucks - XCode builds, Apple Developer reviews, TestFlight invites… all make going from idea to an app on users’ hands a slow and painful process. With Bloom you can make a full-stack mobile app by talking into your phone and then share it instantly with a single link. --- Bloom started last Christmas. After landing in Barcelona to visit family, I immediately asked my mom where I could buy a monitor. She was confused, but I was on a mission: I needed those two weeks to run experiments on an idea that had been floating around in my head for months – could I build a mobile app that builds mobile apps? This wasn't just any idea. It was the kind that kept me up at night. I wanted to see if this pipe dream was technically feasible – could we dynamically change a mobile app's functionality on the fly? I came back to Zurich with something promising, but nothing definite. In mid-January, I had a critical conversation with my co-founder @sirian_m. We were making steady progress with our previous product, Fireview, but I couldn't shake this feeling about Bloom. "This could be extremely big," I told him. "It could change the world. It's probably the coolest product we could ever build." With the YC application deadline just three weeks away, we pivoted and scrambled to build an MVP. After submitting our application at midnight, Sirian stayed up until 4 AM recording our demo. Once David Lieb saw our application, things moved fast and we got to spend three intense months in San Francisco with YC. We closed our round 5 days before demo day and didn't have a deck - our product demo did all the talking. --- This $3.4M round is led by @Moonfire_VC , with participation from @ycombinator and @pioneer_fund We're also backed by an incredible group of founders and operators @Thom_Wolf (Founder/CSO, HuggingFace) @bobvanluijt (Founder/CEO, Weaviate) @jamwt (Founder/CEO, Convex) @theo (Founder/CEO, T3Chat) @Baconbrix (Expo) @cedric_dev (Expo) @colinevans (OpenAI) @ron_besseling (Whatsapp) Clive Anyonye (Meta) Robert van Gaal (Google, Vesper) @nicklenten (Founder/CEO, Ahead Health) @HelenaGagern (Founder Embassy) @chrissmoak (serial founder & YC alum) Gianmaria Sbetta (Google) @rdominguezibar (Founder, VC Corner) Special thanks to those who believed in us from the beginning: Founderful Campus, @design_nocodeio, @chaseumms , S2S, @jamwt , and @dflieb We're now back in Europe, building out the founding team that is going to redefine how the next wave of apps is built. If you’re someone that loves building product, solving complex problems and working on the future of software, we’d love to talk. There's so much to build, and we're just getting started. If you want to fast track your application or know anyone who would be a fit, comment with “Join Bloom”

Day 3 of turning designs to working apps in minutes Made in Bloom in <2min, link below

@karpathy vibe coded this iOS app and "had it running on his phone later that day" I recreated the app with @CreateWithBloom in minutes and had it running natively on my phone seconds later. Don't believe me? Open the app here: app.diy/additional-meadowlar…