Vibe coding is being called the greatest unlock for non-techies. These 5 startups are raising billions.

• Vibe coding companies — including these six — are picking up big money and even some controversy.

• Lovable, Cursor, and Replit are seeing valuations soar even as competition grows.

• The space has seen lots of deal activity and interest from Big Tech.

The tech world is both in awe of and fearful of vibe coding.

On one hand, tech giants are all in on these AI-assisted coding tools. They're touting efficiency gains, listing it as a need-to-have in job descriptions, buying their employees subscriptions, and even investing in vibe-coding startups themselves.

In the latest news from the vibe-coding bonanza: SpaceX said on Tuesday that it struck a deal with AI coding startup Cursor that could give it the option to acquire the company for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for their collaboration. The partnership grants Cursor access to SpaceX's resources, including its massive Colossus supercomputer, and also strengthens SpaceX's position in the AI coding race by helping it compete with top labs building advanced coding tools.

That deal is just the latest in a broader wave of acquisitions and partnerships sweeping through the vibe-coding space.

In July, AI startup Cognition snatched up Windsurf after OpenAI's $3 billion deal to acquire the vibe coding tool maker fell through. Just one month before, web design platform Wix bought Base44, a six-month-old startup bootstrapped by a solo founder, for $80 million.

These entrants are competing with far bigger and better-funded players, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft, that make their own AI-powered coding tools.

Yet, the rise of these tools is also rattling the broader market: Some tech giants saw their shares take a hit as investors dumped legacy software stocks over concerns that AI and vibe coding will allow companies to build their own software rather than buy.

Both narratives are driving the valuations of vibe-coding startups such as Lovable, Cursor, and Replit, now well into the billions.

"Our mission has always been that every human with an idea and an internet connection should be able to build any app they want," Amjad Masad, the CEO of Replit, said in a release in March, announcing his company's $9 billion valuation.

Business Insider compiled a list of the startups riding the vibes, detailing their latest valuations, fundraises, and what they're best known for.