13 Mar 2026AMI Labs $1B Seed, NScale $2B C, Anthropic Sue, Lovable & Sequoia Join
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Elena Verna on Lovable's She Builds, Growth Plays & Revenue Addiction
Elena Verna walks through Lovable's She Builds program, which made the platform free on International Women's Day (March 8) and drew over 100,000 new users across 120 events in 40 countries. She explains that growth has shifted from funnel optimization to giving the product away strategically, aligning monetization with outcomes, and building community — with employee-led socials and building in public (led by Anton) as the channels that still work. She argues European tech is at a tipping point where billion-dollar companies can be built anywhere, including Stockholm, and makes the case from her 'Revenue addiction kills companies' essay that quarterly-target pressure is grinding out innovation during the AI transition.