At the first Apple App Incubator cohort showcase in Beijing, Apple executive chairman Tim Cook met startup teams, awarded the 2026 Acceleration Pioneer Award to AI shopping assistant Viba, and said vibe coding is lowering development barriers while AI opens new opportunities for app ecosystem growth. He added that Apple supports development, operation and distribution, and noted Chinese developers' overseas revenue share reached 52%.
At the HumanX summit, Lovable co-founder Fabian Hedin said the company's annualized recurring revenue has exceeded $600 million, up from about $500 million in June. He also said two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies use the platform, including Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Deutsche Telekom, and that user-created apps attract nearly one billion views per month. Lovable has raised over $700 million in two rounds in eight months.