Elgazar: I sold SuperDev because well-funded competitors like Lovable were intimidating
Itai Elgazar · The Secrets Behind This Bootstrapped AI App Life-changing Exit · Sep 16, 2025 · at 7:25
Itai Elgazar details his reasoning for exiting his AI platform SuperDev on Acquire.com within four months of launch.
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“I felt like I was a bit late to the party of lovable and other competitors that were pretty well known. So that's why I decided to sell. And then I realized that, you know, if I'm, if I will sell and probably I will have a nice amount of money to reinvest in my next company.”
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