Crowdbotics Series B to help developers in developing apps using modular code
Summary
The hardest part is often simply getting the idea into code, which means knowing what open-source components are required to bring a project to life.This is where Crowdbotics comes in. The startup announced today that it has raised $40 million for its managed app development platform, which allows users to turn ideas into code.The Series B funding round was led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from existing investors Jackson Square Ventures, Homebrew, Bee Partners, and Harrison Metal. Instead, the company asks users to define the apps requirements, then finds components and offers fully fleshed-out code. That code can then be used immediately as an app or passed on to the customers software development team to be tailored to their specific requirements.Customers can build and launch React Native and Django apps using Crowdbotics platform, which includes a visual editor for prototyping, designing, and deploying user interface layouts and backend data models.The company is also an early adopter of GPT-3, a generative AI model developed by OpenAI that can understand conversational language. It employs GPT-3 to allow users to describe screen layouts or features in plain language, with the platform then providing AI-powered code suggestions.