AI startup Base44, which was acquired by Wix a year ago for $80 million , has become the first app building platform with its own patented Base 1 model. It will help users build apps using regular language.
AI startup Base44, which was acquired by Wix a year ago for $80 million , has become the first app building platform with its own patented Base 1 model. It will help users build apps using regular language.
The model was developed and optimized based on a large and unique Base44 dataset, generated from tens of millions of real-world user interactions with the platform. It is already publicly available and actively serving platform users, the company's press service reported.
“Having our own model allows us to continuously improve it and reduce our dependence on external providers. This is not an easy task: it requires deep expertise, significant infrastructure, and access to rich and diverse data that most organizations simply do not have,” said Maor Shlomo, founder and CEO of Base44.
Unlike most companies that build models for narrow and specialized use cases, Base44 has created a universal AI agent that can handle both conversational and programming tasks, including complex multi-step interactions, tooling, runtime management, and backend operations.
The company believes that controlling its own model stack gives Base44 direct control over one of its largest cost drivers — compute and inference — while improving the quality of results for users.
“The model already demonstrates competitive performance compared to the baseline models it replaces. And with further training on the company’s unique and ever-growing dataset, LLM has the potential to outperform baseline models,” Base44 says.
