YouWare has announced a significant milestone, as the fast-growing AI creation platform has revealed a new valuation of $200 million, representing a substantial rise from its $80 million valuation in March. The company also confirmed that its total pre-seed funding has reached $50 million with continued backing from IDG Capital and 5Y Capital.
Alongside the valuation update, YouWare introduced the YouWare App for iOS and Android, marking its expansion from a web-only experience to a complete mobile offering designed for creators who want to build software wherever inspiration appears.
The announcement reflects a period of rapid momentum for the Shenzhen-headquartered company, which has attracted more than 500,000 monthly active users in just eight months since launching its web platform. Creators have built more than one million projects on YouWare, much of the platform’s growth coming organically through word of mouth as its community of global users experiments with its approach to vibe coding. YouWare positions itself as a platform that lowers the barriers to software creation by enabling users to develop apps using natural language inputs and visual prompts rather than requiring traditional programming skills.
The new mobile app enables users to build and deploy apps directly from their smartphones. The experience is powered by an architecture that integrates MCP, backend capabilities, and model switching built entirely in-house. The company stated that the app provides full-stack development in a format optimized for mobile hardware. Key functions include natural language prompting for hands-free creation, the ability to convert photos of sketches or whiteboard drawings into functional applications, mobile-native designs that leverage sensors such as cameras and gyroscopes, and instant notifications that alert users when their projects are ready.
These capabilities extend features already available on the YouWare web platform, which includes Boost for instant design upgrades and YouWare Credit Care. This refund system returns user credits if the AI agent produces a result that does not meet expectations. By allowing users to reclaim credits instantly, YouWare emphasizes a user-first model that prioritizes creator satisfaction over charging for incomplete or unusable outputs.
The company stated that the introduction of the YouWare App will help broaden the reach of vibe coding across independent designers, educators, small businesses, and creative professionals who want to transform ideas into interactive experiences without the complexity of traditional development workflows. The app is available globally on both major mobile operating systems, expanding YouWare’s presence beyond its existing web audience.
Founded by Leon Ming, formerly a product leader at CapCut and Moonshot AI, YouWare has teams across Shenzhen, the United States, and Japan. The company continues to position itself as a hub for a new generation of AI-native creators who want a playful and approachable software-building experience.
KEY QUOTES
“We’re witnessing a new kind of creative revolution in the world of coding, where technical tasks no longer require technical skills to get the job done. Watching the YouWare community grow to more than half a million users in half a year shows that with the right set of tools, we’re able to nurture an entirely new generation of creators who thought coding was out of reach.”
Leon Ming, CEO and Founder, YouWare
