Riley Brown

AI creator and vibe coder who co-founded Vibecode and now builds Agent Native

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About Riley Brown

Riley Brown is a content creator turned founder who became one of the faces of the vibe-coding movement. He spent years explaining AI tools in short videos and tutorials, building an audience of more than 1.5 million followers across X, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, and gradually moved from showing tools to building small apps himself, such as image generators and design experiments.

In 2025 he moved to San Francisco and co-founded Vibecode with Ansh Nanda and Kehan Zhang. The app lets anyone describe an idea in plain language on their phone and get a working mobile app back. Vibecode raised a $9.4M seed round led by Alexis Ohanian's Seven Seven Six and reported more than 10,000 paying users.

Brown is known for building in public with new AI agents the week they launch, from Claude Code to OpenClaw, and for teaching beginners through his Vibecoding 101 material and YouTube course. He has since moved on to building Agent Native, a company focused on AI-agent-native software, based in Brooklyn.

Products by Riley Brown

Vibecode

vibecodeapp.com

AI app builder that turns a plain-language prompt on your phone into a working mobile or web app.

Agent Native

agentnative.inc

His newer company building software designed around AI agents.

Riley Brown's journey, 2023–20252 milestones · self-reported

First product
Funding
Started 2023

2025First product: Moved to San Francisco and co-founded Vibecode with Ansh…
2025Funding: Vibecode raised a $9.4M seed round led by Seven Seven Six

Timeline

2025 — Moved to San Francisco and co-founded Vibecode with Ansh Nanda and Kehan Zhang.
2025 — Vibecode raised a $9.4M seed round led by Seven Seven Six.

How Riley builds

Try every new AI tool hands-on and share what you learn the same day.
Apps can become a form of content that anyone can create.
Lower the barrier so non-coders can build real software.
Go broad on where AI is heading and deep on exact workflows.

Learn from Riley Brown

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Riley Brown on YouTube

Vibe coding tutorials, including a full beginner course, and AI agent builds.

by Riley Brown

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Learn to Vibe Code

Tutorials and examples for building apps with AI.

by Riley Brown

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Vibecoding 101 Guide

Free beginner guide to vibe coding on Maven.

by Riley Brown

Riley Brown FAQ

Who is Riley Brown?

Riley Brown is an AI content creator with 1.5M+ followers who co-founded the Vibecode app builder and now builds Agent Native.

What is Vibecode?

Vibecode is an AI app builder co-founded by Riley Brown that lets people create mobile apps by describing them in plain language; it raised $9.4M in seed funding in 2025.

Is Riley Brown an indie maker?

He started as an independent creator and builder, but Vibecode is venture-backed; he is included as an influential figure in the vibe-coding community.