Builder.io, Inc.

San Francisco, CaliforniaFounded 2017

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Builder.io democratizes software development by providing a visual development platform that makes building accessible to everyone on any team, with any skillset, without compromise. The company's mission is to visualize real software so that anyone can be part of the building process.

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Founding Story

Founders Steve Sewell and Brent Locks met on the campus of UC Berkeley in 2011 and have been friends and colleagues ever since. While leading engineering and product teams at ShopStyle (Rakuten), they experienced constant bottlenecks where the engineering backlog was overwhelmed with requests for landing pages and merchandising updates. They found that existing no-code tools either didn't integrate with their tech stack or still required heavy developer involvement. Frustrated by this problem, they decided to build a solution themselves that would empower non-technical teams to build and optimize digital experiences without relying on developers, while still working within existing tech stacks.

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Leadership

Founders

Steve Sewell

Co-Founder and CEO of Builder.io. Previously co-founded ShopIgniter, a social commerce platform. Led engineering teams at ShopStyle (Rakuten). Met co-founder Brent Locks at UC Berkeley in 2011. Creator of popular open source projects like Mitosis, GPT Crawler, and Qwik framework.

Brent Locks

Co-Founder and President of Builder.io. Previously Senior Director of Product and General Manager at ShopStyle (PopSugar/Rakuten) from 2015-2019. Co-founded and served as CEO of PICT, which was acquired by PopSugar. MBA from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business (2011, Appel Award Winner). Met co-founder Steve Sewell at UC Berkeley in 2011.

Executive Team

Steve Sewell

Co-Founder & CEO

Previously co-founded ShopIgniter and led engineering at ShopStyle. UC Berkeley. Creator of open source projects including Mitosis, GPT Crawler, and Qwik.

Brent Locks

Co-Founder & President

Previously GM and VP of Product at ShopStyle. Co-founded PICT (acquired by PopSugar). UC Berkeley Haas MBA.

Business Model

Revenue Model

B2B SaaS with multi-layered revenue model: (1) Subscription fees through tiered monthly or annual per-user subscriptions (Free, Pro, and Enterprise), (2) Usage-based fees through Agent Credits for generative AI operations (additional credits purchasable at $25/500 credits per month), (3) Seat-based expansion charging for additional user seats beyond base plan, (4) Add-ons for premium features like private Slack support, (5) Enterprise contracts with custom pricing for large organizations requiring scale, security, and dedicated support.

Pricing Tiers

Free

$0 per user/month

Up to 10 users, 75 monthly Agent Credits (25 daily limit), 1 space, GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket integrations, Figma plugin, VS Code extension, public previews

Pro

$24 per user/month (annual) or $30 per user/month (monthly)

Up to 20 users, 500 monthly Agent Credits, includes 1 seat, built-in MCP Servers, pay-as-you-go usage options, 30-day activity history, password-protected previews, standard support

Enterprise

Custom pricing

Custom user seats and Agent Credits, enterprise integrations (GitHub Enterprise, GitLab Enterprise, Azure DevOps), custom spaces, high-performance infrastructure, custom roles and permissions, remote workspaces, custom MCP servers, component mapping, privacy mode, SSO, uptime and premium support SLAs, assigned customer success manager

Private company, no IPO announced