# Anton Osika

> Anton Osika is the Stockholm-based co-founder and CEO of Lovable, an AI platform for building software by describing it. A former CERN researcher, founding engineer at Sana, and co-founder and CTO of Depict, he first drew wide attention with the open-source GPT Engineer project. He and Fabian Hedin founded Lovable in 2023; its 2024 launch grew into a global business. KTH honored the pair with its 2025 Innovation Award, and Lovable announced a $400 million Series C at a $13.3 billion valuation in August 2026.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Lovable
- **Organizations:** Lovable, Depict.ai, Sana, Stockholm AI, Founders Pledge
- **Nationality:** Swedish
- **Education:** Engineering physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Created GPT Engineer, the open-source precursor to Lovable., Co-founded Lovable with Fabian Hedin in 2023., Received the 2025 KTH Innovation Award with Hedin.

## Career timeline

- **2015-2016** — Worked in particle physics at CERN and helped start the Stockholm AI community.
- **2016** — Joined Sana as its first employee.
- **2020** — Became co-founder and CTO of Depict.ai.
- **2023** — Published the open-source GPT Engineer project and co-founded Lovable with Fabian Hedin.
- **2024** — Launched Lovable in November and rebranded from GPT Engineer to Lovable in December.
- **2025** — Received the KTH Innovation Award with Hedin; Lovable announced a $330 million Series B in December.
- **2026** — Lovable announced a $400 million Series C at a $13.3 billion valuation in August.

## Achievements

- Created GPT Engineer, the open-source precursor to Lovable.
- Co-founded Lovable with Fabian Hedin in 2023.
- Received the 2025 KTH Innovation Award with Hedin.
- Led Lovable as it announced $10 million in annual recurring revenue two months after launch.
- Led Lovable through its announced $400 million Series C in August 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Lovable announced a $400 million Series C at a $13.3 billion valuation and said users had created more than 60 million projects since launch.
- **2025-12** — Lovable announced a $330 million Series B at a $6.6 billion valuation.
- **2025-09** — Osika and Fabian Hedin received the KTH Innovation Award.

## Links

- Website: https://lovable.dev/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonosika/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/antonosika
- GitHub: https://github.com/AntonOsika

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Last updated: 2026-09-29