📝 Rork raises $2.8M

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Founders Levan Kvirkvelia and Daniel Dhawan went from broke and $15K in credit card debt each to landing a $2.8M seed round after one viral tweet about their app-building tool, Rork. Designed for non-coders to build mobile apps using simple text prompts, Rork gained traction fast after angel investor Matt Shumer tweeted it was better than rival Bolt, attracting over a million views and immediate investments from names like Austen Allred and Hustle Fund’s Elizabeth Yin. Now backed by Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program and earning $550K ARR, the duo has gone from near collapse to red-hot startup in weeks.

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