bilt.me raises $700K for AI-powered native mobile app development
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A new native-mobile AI development entrant adds an early player-map update, while the $700,000 round and reported traction have limited demonstrated impact beyond the app-builder niche.
bilt.me raises $700K for AI-powered native mobile app development
Estonian startup bilt.me has raised $700,000 in pre-seed funding led by Superhero Capital, with backing from Bolt founder Markus Villig and Lightyear founder Martin Sokk. Founded in August 2025 by Uku Joost Annus, Kevin Akkermann and Karl Kiilaspää, the company is building an AI agent intended to take a user from an idea to a live iOS or Android app. It has also built payments, cloud and app-sharing tools called Bilt Payments, Bilt Cloud and Bilt Link. The funding will support global expansion and further product development.
The distinction in AI development tools is the mobile destination. Many AI app builders focus on web apps; bilt.me is targeting native apps that users can publish through the App Store and Google Play. That makes the task broader than generating an interface: builders also need a way to operate and distribute what they create. Tech.eu reports that paying apps built on bilt.me are live in both stores. The company says it has passed six figures in annual recurring revenue and doubled revenue month over month for three consecutive months, though the article does not provide the underlying revenue figures or a longer growth history.
For builders, the practical question is whether the platform can support an app after its first release, including payments and cloud services, without bringing back the development work it aims to remove. For investors, the reported usage offers an early signal but leaves the durability of demand open: the article says thousands of people use bilt.me, with roughly 75% building consumer apps and 25% building private or in-house tools. The next evidence will be how many of those projects become sustained businesses, rather than merely published apps.