Vibe Coding Gets $40M Vote of Confidence

"AI was supposed to replace developers. Instead it just turned them into nocturnal prompt engineers."

What's up builders 👋

The vibe coding movement just got real money validation with two massive funding rounds today. While you were sleeping, VCs wrote $40M in checks betting that AI-powered development is the future. Meanwhile, Meta's planning to generate your Instagram feed with AI, and developers are rediscovering their love for late-night coding sessions thanks to Claude and Cursor.

Today's newsletter is packed with practical tutorials on MCP servers, new AI tools launching left and right, and hot takes from builders actually shipping with these tools. Let's dive in.

Rocket.new raises $15M from Accel and Salesforce Ventures for their vibe-coding platform, marking India's first major bet on this development paradigm. Rocket.new is building infrastructure specifically for developers who want to code through natural language and vibes rather than traditional syntax.

Why this matters: We're witnessing the birth of a new developer category. Just like "full-stack" became a thing in the 2010s, "vibe coder" is becoming a legitimate job title. With Greptile also raising $25M from Benchmark the same day, VCs are clearly betting that the future of development isn't about memorizing syntax - it's about translating ideas into code through AI collaboration. If you're still manually writing boilerplate in 2025, you're basically using a typewriter in the age of word processors.

• Greptile's AI code understanding platform - Raised $25M to "Kill The Bug" with AI that actually understands your codebase context, not just pattern matching

• VibeBridge platform - New platform connecting vibe coders with technical mentors when AI hallucinates too hard

• Qwen3-Omni model - Native multimodal AI handling text, image, and video in one model - perfect for building that TikTok clone

• Scale AI's Seal Showdown - New benchmarking tool to compete with LMArena for testing your models

• Webflow AI Assistant - Integrated AI for coding, design, and SEO in one platform

• Building video games with Claude Code - Zero-code game development tutorial showing how to build 2 complete games using only prompts

• Creating MCP Server from scratch - Step-by-step guide to deploy your own Model Context Protocol server in minutes

• MCP for supply chain optimization - Connect MCP servers for AI-powered strategic decision-making in logistics

• 10 projects with Cursor for $1000 - Real developer shares what worked and what broke after building 10 complete projects

• Structured XML prompts with ZPrompt - Master prompt engineering with structured formats for consistent AI outputs

• Perplexity Email Assistant - $200/month AI agent that handles your entire inbox, because apparently we're too good for Gmail filters now

• Rust for vibe coding debate - Developers arguing Rust's type safety makes it perfect for AI-assisted coding where the AI can handle the borrow checker

• ChatGPT context window struggles - That relatable moment when you have to start a new chat because GPT forgot what you were building

• Falling back in love with coding - 15-year manager rediscovers joy of building at 4 AM thanks to AI tools removing the tedious parts

• Professional headshots with ChatGPT - Viral thread on using AI for professional photos shows we're all just making it up as we go

• Mark Cuban on being AI-native - Walk into any company and immediately add value by being fluent in AI tools

• NVIDIA + OpenAI infrastructure deal - Biggest AI infrastructure deployment in history with multi-gigawatt data centers and millions of GPUs

• Meta's AI content generation for Instagram - Zuckerberg reveals plans to not just recommend but generate content you'll interact with

• Meta launches anti-regulation super PAC - Investing tens of millions to fight state-level AI regulation that could slow development

• OpenAI expands ChatGPT Go to Indonesia - Affordable tier expansion continues global push against Google's AI Plus

• Alloy brings data management to robotics - Australian startup solving the robot data problem that's blocking AI advancement

• Google Play Store AI revamp - Gemini integration brings AI features directly into app discovery and gaming

• Former NotebookLM team launches Huxe - AI podcast generation for deep research dives

• 12 Developer Tools guide - Practical productivity stack that actually works for shipping code daily

• Understanding MCP tutorial - Deep dive into Model Context Protocol for connecting AI agents to real-world APIs

• AI agents list from SaniBula - Curated collection of 10 must-have AI agents most developers haven't discovered yet

• Gemini AI will help you beat mobile games with real-time assistance overlay

• Mercor CEO breaks down AI's impact on hiring at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

• InfoWorld analysis on vibe coding and the future of software development

• Playbook for landing first AI automation customer in 30 days with personalized outreach

Today's funding rounds aren't just about tools - they're validation that "vibe coder" is becoming a legitimate career path. In 5 years, job postings will ask for "3+ years of vibe coding experience" and we'll all pretend we knew this was coming.

The developers coding until 4 AM aren't doing it because of deadlines anymore - they're doing it because AI made building fun again. When was the last time you felt that?

What are you shipping this week? Hit reply and tell me what you're building with these tools.

Keep shipping,

P.S. - I asked Claude to write me a joke about vibe coding. It responded with 500 lines of perfectly formatted, completely useless React components. That's... actually pretty accurate.