Val Town
To advance end-user programming by making building software as fluid and social as editing a spreadsheet.
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A social website to write, run, and deploy code snippets (Vals) in JavaScript/TypeScript. Includes HTTP APIs, crons, and email handling.
An AI-powered coding assistant that helps users build, fix, and deploy software directly within the Val Town interface.
Premium subscription offering higher compute limits, custom domains, and private vals.
Market Position
Positioned as a more approachable, social, and batteries-included alternative to AWS Lambda, Replit, or Glitch for small-to-medium scripting tasks.
Leadership
Founders
Steve Krouse
CEO and co-founder. Previously founded The Coding Space (a coding school for kids) and host/founder of the 'Future of Coding' podcast and community.
Tom MacWright
CTO and co-founder (joined Jan 2023). Previously a principal engineer at Mapbox and product lead at Observable. Expert in web technology and maps.
Executive Team
Steve Krouse
CEO
Founder of The Coding Space and Future of Coding community.
Tom MacWright
CTO
Former Principal Engineer at Mapbox and Product Lead at Observable.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
Steve Krouse envisioned a platform where 'GitHub Gists could run and AWS Lambda were fun'. Inspired by Seymour Papert, the goal was to enable anyone to shape software.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription SaaS (tiered pricing based on compute limits and features) and Enterprise contracts.
Pricing Tiers
15 min cron intervals, 1 min wall-clock time, 100k runs/day, unlimited public vals, no custom domains.
$5 Townie AI credit, 10 custom domains, 1 min cron intervals, 10 min wall-clock time, 1M runs/day, email anyone.
$100 Townie AI credit, unlimited custom domains, 5M runs/day, team accounts, Slack Connect.
Flexible AI credit, no usage limits, log export, SOC 2 compliance, custom support.
Target Markets
- Software Developers
- AI Researchers
- Internal Tool Builders
- Startups
- Internal tools
- AI agents
- Slack bots
- GTM automation
- Lightweight APIs
- Webhooks
- Enterprise Customer
- Early-stage startups