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This week, Lovable successfully hosted its first design night in Stockholm, an event that garnered tremendous interest with over 500 registrations.

Key details of the event:

• Participants: 500+ people registered
• Spots Available: 120 spots
• Highlights: Engaging discussions led by:
  • Ioana: Provided thoughtful perspectives on design
  • Daniel from Vercel: Shared mind-blowing insights that captivated the audience
  • Yann-Edern from Linear: Offered spicy takes on the evolving roles in design

The enthusiasm and curiosity in the room were palpable, showcasing the community's eagerness for knowledge and collaboration. With more events planned, Lovable is positioning itself as a hub for innovative discussions and networking in the design community.

For builders and developers, participating in such events provides invaluable insights, fosters collaboration, and helps keep pace with the rapid evolution of design practices.

For more information or to express interest in speaking at future events, reach out directly to Lovable.

Today’s software development landscape demands rapid and secure deployment of code. Lovable is setting the standard with its announcement of AI-powered vulnerability analysis on every change made to its software systems. This progressive approach ensures that security is not just an afterthought but integral to the development process.

Key Features of Lovable's AI-Powered Security Testing:

• Rapid Analysis: Code changes can be deployed faster than manual reviews can keep up, ensuring no bottlenecks in deployment.
• Expanding Attack Surfaces: The analysis accounts for various vulnerabilities across dependencies, infrastructure, and integrations, making it more comprehensive.
• Automated Threat Simulation: Each pull request undergoes rigorous testing by simulating real-world attack scenarios, enhancing the robustness of applications.
• Continuous Monitoring: Security testing persists beyond deployment, actively analyzing and testing defenses in real-life situations to ensure ongoing protection.

This rigorous approach is crucial for developers and teams aiming to release software without the fear of vulnerabilities that could lead to security breaches. Lovable aims to redefine industry standards by making comprehensive vulnerability analysis a default practice in software development.

Furthermore, Lovable is on the lookout for talented security engineers to join their mission in shaping secure-by-default practices in software.

Join Lovable for an exciting evening at our first design night in Stockholm, bringing together esteemed designers to discuss the future of design. This event aims to foster collaboration and innovation in the design community.

Key Details:

• Event: Design Night
• Location: Stockholm
• Focus: Discussions on the future of design
• Capacity: Limited, early registration recommended

If you're passionate about design and want to connect with like-minded individuals, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

By attending, builders and developers can gain insights into emerging design trends and network with industry leaders, enhancing their skills and knowledge as they navigate the evolving landscape of design.

Lovable Introduces New Visitor Management System for Enhanced Check-Ins

Lovable has launched a new Visitor Management System, developed internally by Liv Törnberg, just two weeks after opening their front desk operations. This new system is designed to streamline the visitor check-in process, ensuring a seamless and efficient experience for both guests and staff.

Key Features:

• Branded Experience: Fully customizable Lovable-branded check-in interface.
• Polished Check-In Flow: User-friendly design that enhances the guest experience.
• Slack Integration: Instant notifications to relevant team members upon visitor check-in.
• NDA Management: Automatically captures and stores signed Non-Disclosure Agreements.
• Google Calendar Sync: Keeps track of expected visitors seamlessly.
• Lovable Credits for Guests: Incentivizes check-ins with Lovable credits.

This new system exemplifies Lovable's commitment to creating adaptable office tools that prioritize user experience. By allowing for quick adjustments and enhancements without relying on external vendors, Lovable demonstrates how powerful building on their own platform can be for optimizing workflows.

This approach not only reflects Lovable's dedication to innovation but also sets a benchmark for other developers looking to improve their operational efficiency with customizable solutions.

Lovable has announced a significant enhancement to its platform with the introduction of Cross-Project Referencing. This new feature allows users to access and incorporate context from various elements within their workspace—such as files, components, and even chat history—into their new projects. This functionality aims to streamline the development process and improve efficiency.

Key Features of Cross-Project Referencing:

• Access Workspace Context: Seamlessly pull in relevant information from previous projects.
• Reduce Redundancy: Avoid the need to rebuild components or re-explain context and decisions.
• Streamline Workflow: Focus on innovation rather than repeating prior work.

The introduction of Cross-Project Referencing is a game-changer for developers and builders, as it significantly enhances productivity by minimizing repetitive tasks. This feature ensures that valuable context is leveraged, making the transition between projects smoother and more efficient.

Last Wednesday, Lovable, in collaboration with J.P. Morgan and Abacum, hosted a dynamic finance hackathon at JPM's new Manhattan headquarters. The event attracted 150 finance professionals who engaged in solving key industry challenges through no-code solutions.

Key Highlights:

• Team Koala Health: Developed a live data dashboard for clinic value and cohort analysis, crucial for their growth phase.
• Team Hedgehog: Integrated Lovable with the Light platform to analyze FX exposure and propose hedging strategies.
• Team Margin Takeoff: Created a profitability analysis tool using Light, Lovable, and their data, quickly implementing it in their roles.
• Winners - Team Cansari: Built an extensive hiring dashboard that evaluated the costs associated with hiring across multiple regions, considering salaries, taxes, and additional expenses to analyze the impact on business finances.

The success of this hackathon demonstrates Lovable’s commitment to empowering finance professionals with innovative no-code solutions. As the event continues its tour, it highlights the importance of collaborative problem-solving in the finance sector.

Upcoming Event:

• Next Stop: Helsinki, March 12. Request your spot here.

Lovable Introduces New Slack Connector for Enhanced App Integration

Lovable has announced the launch of its new Slack connector, which allows users to seamlessly integrate their Lovable applications with Slack. This functionality enables your apps to read and send messages within Slack, streamlining communication and boosting productivity.

Key Features of the Slack Connector:

• Direct Integration: Connect Lovable apps directly with Slack.
• Message Capabilities: Allows your apps to read messages from Slack.
• Send Messages: Enable your apps to send messages to Slack channels or users.

This new connector is vital for developers and builders looking to enhance their applications with real-time messaging capabilities, enabling better collaboration and increasing efficiency in workflow management. The integration bridges the gap between app functionality and communication platforms, allowing for a more connected and responsive development environment.

Lovable has announced a new integration with the Atlassian Rovo MCP server, allowing users to seamlessly transform their Jira tickets, sprint priorities, and team requirements into fully functional applications within the Lovable platform.

Key Details of the Integration:

• Workflow Synchronization: Effortlessly connect Jira tickets with app development processes in Lovable.
• Sprint Prioritization: Directly manage team requirements and priorities to ensure app development aligns with business objectives.
• Seamless Application Building: Convert planning into action, streamlining the overall development experience.

This integration is particularly significant for builders and developers who rely on both Jira for task management and Lovable for application development. By bridging these tools, teams can enhance their workflow efficiency, reduce the time from planning to deployment, and ultimately deliver better products.

Lovable shared notable achievements in a recent conversation on TBPN. Highlights include the latest ARR figures, a new planning mode, and successful automated testing. A real estate firm re-platformed hundreds of websites in just three weeks, saving $2M, while a healthcare staffing company reached $1M ARR in five months. Additionally, 300M monthly visits were reported for apps built on Lovable, and new talent is relocating from the US to Sweden to join the team.

Lovable has partnered with LinkedIn, allowing users to showcase their 'vibe coding' skills directly on their profile. This new feature aligns with companies like Microsoft that emphasize vibe coding in their hiring processes. To add your vibe coding level, navigate to your profile settings in Lovable, check your vibe coding level, and connect it to your LinkedIn profile.

Claude Opus 4.6 has been released and integrated into Lovable, enhancing app building by 21% on our benchmark. Additionally, it improves performance on complex tasks, running twice as long as previous versions. To learn more, check out the details in the link provided.

Lovable is now recognized as the second-fastest growing software product among businesses on Ramp. Key use cases include rapid prototyping without engineering, building internal tools tailored to specific needs, transforming slide decks into interactive presentations, and replacing simple SaaS with custom-built solutions. This marks a shift where users are now empowered to create their own tools.

eXp Realty, one of the world's largest real estate companies, leveraged Lovable to develop internal tools, resulting in substantial savings. They eliminated over $2M in SaaS costs and saved $1M by replacing chatbot workflows, leading to 85% fewer support tickets. Read the full story to learn more about their success. Full story: https://lnkd.in/dvxHcN7a

Join us for our first design night in Stockholm on February 17, featuring insights from industry leaders including Ioana Teleanu, Daniel Linthwaite, and Yann-Edern Gillet. Perfect for brand designers, product designers, and design engineers interested in the future of design. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and network! Register here: https://luma.com/u76oyx89

Lovable can now be added as a certification on LinkedIn. Certification levels are ranked by how much you’ve used Lovable, letting professionals showcase usage-based proficiency. Employers are increasingly using such signals when hiring.

Lovable is hosting a finance hackathon at J.P. Morgan’s New York HQ on February 4 with partners Light and Abacum. The event is aimed at CFOs and finance leaders to collaboratively build solutions for real finance problems. See event page for full details.

Lovable now runs automated browser tests before finishing builds, validating end-to-end user flows and catching issues unit tests miss (redirects, auth tokens, UI wiring, routing, missing env vars). Also released Plan Mode (detailed plans after clarifying questions), task tracking, longer execution times, and prompt queueing to reorder prompts. These updates enable handling more complex work with less supervision.

Lovable now lets you queue prompts while it’s processing. Enter multiple prompts (including smart suggestions) to run automatically and return when complete. This enables batching of tasks, continuous idea generation, and smoother workflows by reducing wait time.

Lovable's latest release improves complex-task performance by 71% and introduces: automated browser-driven testing that detects and fixes bugs autonomously; more intelligent planning with editable, detailed feature plans and better clarifying questions; prompt queueing for concurrent workflows; and one-step Google authentication for apps.

Lovable released a major product update adding intelligent planning before building, one‑prompt Google authentication, automated testing, prompt queuing, and other enhancements. These features increase reliability and developer productivity and enable more sophisticated creations than a few months ago.

Lovable's update boosts problem-solving performance by 71% through deeper planning, advanced browser testing, and prompt queuing. Key features: smart planning that maps features before coding; automated testing for higher-quality builds with fewer issues; prompt queueing to stack multiple prompts; and single-prompt Google authentication.

Lovable's latest update makes the agent more autonomous: automated browser testing that clicks through apps and catches issues, smarter upfront planning that produces clearer build plans, prompt queueing to stack prompts while tasks run, and one-step Google authentication to add Google sign-in automatically.

Shipping work, not just perfecting designs, creates momentum and builds trust. Designers who consistently ship are more likely to lead; those who don’t risk being managed by people who deliver.

Designers should prioritize product mindset over tool mastery. With AI handling execution, key skills are knowing what to build, articulating intent clearly for AI, shipping frequently to build judgment, understanding how AI/agents fit into end-to-end systems, and developing strong product opinions.

A Lovable user built a service that transforms pet photos into Renaissance-style portraits and ships printed canvases to customers. The app now generates $100k/month in revenue, demonstrating strong monetization from an image-to-product workflow. Lovable ordered a portrait for its office dog.

Lovable lets you create full slide decks with a single prompt that behave like interactive apps. Decks are automatically animated, responsive across screen sizes, shareable via link, and include viewer analytics. A guide with prompt templates for building AI-powered slides is also available.

Lovable now offers public user profiles. Users can set a username, profile photo, and cover image, publish projects, showcase what they’re building, and gain followers. The update makes creator profiles discoverable and supports audience growth on the platform.

Lovable launched Profiles — a dedicated space to publish projects, gain followers, and discover others' work. Profiles are positioned as the foundation for future platform experiences. Claim your username at lovable.dev/username.

Polar and Lovable are launching “Prompt a Startup 2026,” a global hackathon starting March 7, 2026. Teams build with Lovable and monetize with Polar; the highest MRR after 30 days wins. The top 40 teams will be invited in-person to a luxury spa in Stockholm. Applications close January 31, 2026. http://hackathon.polar.sh

Lovable is launching SheBuilds, a global initiative timed for International Women’s Day to help women worldwide develop building skills, gain confidence, and access new opportunities. The program is open to all with no rejections. A waitlist is available at shebuilds.lovable.app. Lovable also hints at a possible free Lovable day tied to the launch.

ElevenLabs’ sales team used Lovable to build a custom demo during a 6‑minute taxi ride. Previously, custom demos required weeks of engineering; with Lovable they now ship 3–4 demos in the time it used to take to deliver one.

Creator built a local PDF compression tool to avoid a $9/mo subscription and lists five services they replaced (PDF compression, background removal, Typefully, link shortener, color palette). They argue AI makes it easy to build privacy-preserving, custom apps hosted locally and predict more people will build personal AI-powered hubs.

Lovable and Sim launched a hackathon at the Y Combinator building, bringing builders from 16+ countries. The Lovable team is on-site supporting participants and actively addressing platform bugs to keep projects moving.