Coined by the former head of AI at Tesla and a founding researcher at OpenAI in early 2025, the term ‘Vibe coding’ has become one of the most polarizing concepts in software development in the last year. It refers to an AI-assisted development workflow where the developer describes desired functionality in natural language, an AI model generates the implementation code, and the developer iterates by running the output and feeding errors back as prompts.
For some engineers, this represents a genuine productivity breakthrough. For others, it is a recipe for unmaintainable, insecure software shipped by people who never understood what they built.
Two repeat Y-Combinator founders, Quang Hoang and Fabien Devos, are building Vybe, which claims to overcome the vibe coding shortcomings. Like other vibe coding tools, Vybe lets users create apps by describing what they want in natural language— but unlike those tools, Vybe-generated apps are data-connected. The apps are securely hooked into Postgres, Salesforce, Jira, Redshift, MySQL, and many more platforms. Auth, roles, and deployments are all baked in from the start and the security layer is not vibe-coded and can’t be modified by AI.
“Our belief is that in the next decade, most internal software will be vibe-coded by teams working with AI. Vybe is built for that collaboration. Long term, we aim to make personal software a reality by allowing anyone to generate their dream custom app,” a company statement read.
To help teams start with real-world best practices, Vybe has launched a set of remixable templates created by high-profile executives, such as former Airbnb product leader Lenny Rachitsky and Front cofounder Mathilde Collin. The company has recently opened signup for the public after a wishlist period and has secured dozens of customers so far.
Vibe-coding tools can have a serious impact and reshape the software sector. In fact, due to vibe coding fears, software stocks have entered one of their sharpest downturns in years, shedding roughly $2 trillion in market capitalization. Investors are increasingly interested in AI in the software development space. Vybe has raised $10M in seed funding, led by First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Orange Collective, Pelion Ventures, Pioneer Fund, with participation from an incredible group of operators and founders.
Check out the 12-slide pitch deck Vybe used to secure the $10 million Seed funding round.
What were the slides in the Vybe pitch deck?
Browse the exact example slides from the pitch deck that Vybe used to raise $12M from First Round Capital.
1. Go-to-market Slide
A startup’s go-to-market (GTM) strategy details how they will engage with customers and gain a competitive advantage. Launching a product without a comprehensive GTM strategy can lead to confusion, wasted resources, and difficulty in reaching the right customers. This lack of direction can slow down the product’s success, making it harder to compete with competitors and capture market share.
Although a comprehensive go-to-market strategy has many pillars such as target audience, unique selling point, messaging and positioning, and pricing, the Vybe pitch deck’s go-to-market slide focuses on distribution channels. This works well because the slide is playing to Vybe’s strength: a strong community and the founders’ experience and relationships.
From a design perspective, the slide is well executed. The heading and sub-heading are attention grabbing and the layout flows in a clear, logical way. The card-based design with linear process flow, clean icons, and dark mode ensures that the slide remains uncluttered and professional. The competitive moat section is the cherry on top, summarizing the core value proposition in a way that is easy for investors to digest at a glance.
2. Team Slide
A startup’s founding team is crucial to its success in solving a problem or capturing opportunity under uncertainty. The founding team has to conceive their original idea, create and test all parts of a scalable business model, and eventually find product/market fit.
Thus, the startup team must have a well-rounded skill set. Dave McClure famously said that every startup needs a hacker, a hustler, and a hipster. One of the biggest mistakes we see startups make when assembling their founding team is failing to think through the need for each skill and instead settling for whoever’s around.
Vybe doesn’t make this mistake. Both Quang Hoang and Fabien Devos bring deep experience and complementary skill sets. Quang Hoang has built and sold Plato (YC W16) which raised $23M and grew the team to 70 people. Fabien, on the other hand, brings technical knowledge as a former Director of Engineering at Wealthfront, Ex-Facebook, and creator of Hacked app (mobile coding game with 1M downloads). The team slide displays these strengths to introduce the founders as the perfect choices to lead Vybe to success.
Design wise, the slide is clean and easy to follow. It follows the deck’s theme through a card-based design in a symmetrical layout, and includes a concise subheading that reinforces the over-arching theme of founder credibility. The short-and-sweet bullet points make it easy for investors to quickly scan through the content. The bullet points are also outcome-focused, making them concrete and investor-relevant. Overall, the team slide is concise and proof-driven which successfully convinces investors that these founders are well-equipped to build and scale Vybe.
3. Key Takeaways Slide
Professional investors look at so many startups and deals every day, so founders have mere minutes to grab their attention and get them interested. Vybe included a Key Takeaways Slide at the end of their pitch deck to ensure that investors can see quickly scan the overview of the whole opportunity within a couple of seconds.
While putting together a key takeaway slide (and the pitch deck in general), it’s important to remember that you aren’t pitching to a person who understands your specific technology or is investing because of the technology. While technology is a key component of getting an investor interested in your business, what really makes the investor interested is that the assurance that they will make a lot of money from your startup.
In this case, the key takeaway slide clearly spells out why Vybe is a compelling opportunity and how it can create significant financial upside. It focuses on the points that matter most from an investor’s perspective and avoids unnecessary technical detail. The content is brief but impactful, with minimal text, sharp icons, and a clean, well-structured layout. Overall, the slide is a great example of the right content meeting thoughtful design.
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