Builder.ai
AI / SaaSUKClosed 2025
Total Raised
$450M
Peak Valuation
$1.50B
Employees
1,500
Year Collapsed
2025
Business model
No-code app development platform marketed as AI-assisted.
In brief
Marketed itself as an AI platform that made app-building 'as easy as ordering a pizza,' backed by Microsoft and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. An investigation found much of the 'AI' work was done manually by hundreds of engineers, and revenue had been inflated roughly 300%; a le…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2016
- Closed
- 2025
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Industry
- AI / SaaS
- Employees
- 1,500
- Revenue
- $50M
- Founders
- Sachin Dev Duggal
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