Bolt.new Statistics
Browser-based AI app builder from StackBlitz. Hit $40M ARR in 5 months — one of the fastest-growing software products ever, second only to ChatGPT.
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Company & funding
Launched
Bolt.new launched October 4, 2024 with a single tweet and no advertising spend. Parent company is StackBlitz.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Oct 2024
Series B (Jan 2025)
Led by Emergence Capital and GV, with participation from Madrona Venture Group, Conviction, and Mantis.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Jan 2025
Valuation at Series B
Post-money valuation following the January 2025 Series B raise.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Jan 2025
Usage & adoption
After 30 days
Bolt.new reached $4M ARR within its first month after launching.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Nov 2024
By December 2024
Hit $20M annualized revenue two months after launch.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Dec 2024
By March 2025 (5 months in)
$0 to $40M ARR in 5 months — reportedly one of the fastest-growing software products ever, second only to ChatGPT.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Mar 2025
Signups by March 2025
About 5 million people had signed up to use Bolt.new by March 2025.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Mar 2025
Daily active users (Mar 2025)
Hit 1 million DAU at the $40M ARR milestone.
Source: Growth Unhinged · Mar 2025
Monthly visits (May 2025)
Bolt.new received 9 million visits in May 2025 with ~22 min avg session.
Source: Growth Unhinged · May 2025
Security incidents & research
AI-built apps with vulnerabilities (industry-wide)
SusVibes peer-reviewed research found only 10.5% of vibe-coded apps were secure across studied platforms.
Source: SusVibes (arXiv:2512.03262) · Dec 2025
AI-built apps missing basic protections
Tenzai's audit of popular AI coding tools found 98% of resulting apps shipped without basic security controls.
Source: Tenzai · 2025
Reports & research
How bolt.new hit $40M ARR in 5 months
Growth Unhinged · 2025
Primary source for ARR, signups, DAU, and growth trajectory.
From $0 to $40M ARR — Inside the tech that powers Bolt.new
PostHog · 2025
Technical post-mortem on the WebContainers stack underpinning Bolt.new's growth.
Bolt.new revenue, funding & news
Sacra · 2025
Ongoing financial tracker for Bolt.new.
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