en.Wedoany.com Reported - Artificial Intelligence (AI) software development startup HyperDev has raised over $1 million (over 15 million rand) in pre-seed funding from venture capital investors in Europe and the UK, less than three months after launching its generative AI coding platform. The company has nearly 100,000 users across 14 countries.

The company, which operates in Europe and South Africa, said its growth is driven by strong demand for a new AI feature called "Guided Mode," designed to help developers and non-technical users transform AI-generated code into deployable software.

HyperDev stated that the funding will be used for ongoing product development to address the shortcomings of first-generation AI coding tools, which often generate code that is difficult to deploy directly into production environments.

"We support HyperDev because they combine genuine AI R&D depth with a built-in distribution channel of millions of developers," said Falk Albers, Managing Director of Reinsurance Intelligence Quotient and General Partner at Loom Ventures. "While most 'vibe coding' tools are just thin wrappers around third-party large language models (LLMs), HyperDev is building proprietary technology to make code generation truly useful. This combination of real technology and built-in distribution is rare at any stage—and at pre-seed, it's even rarer."

Unlike AI coding assistants that primarily focus on generating code, HyperDev's Guided Mode aims to help users complete the steps needed to turn AI-generated outputs into functional websites, applications, and other software products. The platform also enables non-technical users to collaborate with developers to complete and deploy AI-generated software.

The company said this approach addresses one of the biggest limitations of existing AI coding tools by focusing on software delivery rather than just code generation.

"Every AI coding tool on the market is built on the assumption that generating code is the hard part. We built HyperDev because we know the hard part comes after generation, and no one else seems to be solving that," said Piotr Sobolewski, co-founder and CTO of HyperDev.

HyperDev was co-founded by Sobolewski (formerly at OpenAI, contributing to the technology behind ChatGPT) and Riaz Moola (formerly at Google, working on AI methods later used in products like Gemini). Both founders also conducted AI research at top universities, focusing on techniques to help users better understand and use results generated by large language models.

The company said user engagement has significantly increased since introducing Guided Mode. "AI app builders have high churn rates, so retention is the most important metric. Since Guided Mode launched, our user retention has nearly doubled," said Kenne Loubser, Chief Marketing Officer of HyperDev.

Anton Moulder, Head of Product at HyperDev, added that the platform is designed to support a broader range of software creators, not just experienced engineering teams. "The platforms dominating this space were built by people who assume developers will use AI the same way a few resource-rich engineers do. Most builders in the world don't have that safety net. We built HyperDev for them—and the growth tells us we were right."

According to the company, users have used Guided Mode to build a range of applications, including mobile apps, e-commerce stores, personal websites, fintech products, and edtech platforms. HyperDev has also integrated with the HyperionDev online education platform to offer users university-backed technical training and software development courses aimed at enhancing AI and programming skills.