Acquisition
Jun 2026vly.ai announced it had been acquired by Freebuff; the company said users should migrate to Freebuff Web.
SourceCompany research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
vly.ai was a YC F24 San Francisco startup that built an AI-powered no-code/full-stack web app builder. Public site notices now say it has been acquired by Freebuff and migrated into Freebuff Web, with the product repositioned as a free app-builder and coding-agent experience.
Primary product
AI-powered no-code full-stack web app builder
Founded
2024
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
AI-powered no-code full-stack web app builder
Offices
2235 3rd Street W309, San Francisco, CA 94107
Business model
SaaS
freemium
product-led growth
free product
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Seed · Dec 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Dec 2024 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Founders
Amir Farahani
Co-Founder
Investors
Work & culture
High-velocity, AI-first startup culture with a small team, remote-friendly hiring, and an emphasis on shipping quickly and supporting users hands-on.
Work style
Flexible
Product & market
Pricing
Currently free with no subscriptions or per-prompt credit meter; historically positioned as a paid/free hybrid SaaS before migration to Freebuff Web.
Differentiators
- —AI-first architecture designed for full-stack web apps
- —human-reviewed and tested generation workflow
- —real-time collaboration
- —visual no-code editing plus deploy
- —thousands of integrations
- —free/no-credit-meter pricing after migration
Technology
React
Vite
Convex
Tailwind CSS
LLM agents
real-time collaboration
GitHub integration
custom integrations
Customers
builders
startups
teams building internal dashboards
teams building customer-facing web apps
hackathon teams
Pivot Robotics
Competitors
Lovable
Replit
Bolt.new
Base44
Emergent
v0
Scale & contact
Signals & risks
Other
Mar 2026Freebuff announced that Vly was becoming Freebuff Web, with existing projects and templates migrating to the Freebuff brand.
SourceLatest news
LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Victor Cheng announced that vly.ai had been acquired by Freebuff and that vly's underlying technology would power Freebuff's free coding-agent and AI-tool strategy.
LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Freebuff's James Grugett confirmed the acquisition and described vly as part of Freebuff's push into free AI tools.
Freebuff · Mar 2026
Freebuff described the product as a free full-stack app builder with auth, database, file storage, and hosting by default.
Freebuff · Mar 2026
Freebuff announced the Vly-to-Freebuff-Web migration, keeping the same engine/templates/dashboard and removing the paywall.
Fondo · Feb 2024
Early launch coverage described vly as a no-code AI platform for custom full-stack software with expert guidance and automation.
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