Lovable expands its deal with Google Cloud and plans 5x more usage

In short: Lovable has signed an expanded multi-year agreement with Google Cloud that a source says will increase Lovable’s Google Cloud usage by about five times.

What happened

Lovable, a Stockholm startup that helps people create software with AI, said it has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud. Google Cloud is Google’s service for renting computing power and storage, like renting space and machines in a very large digital warehouse.

The companies did not share the price of the deal. However, a person familiar with the agreement told TechCrunch that Lovable will grow its “footprint” on Google Cloud by about 5x, meaning it will run a lot more of its work there, including AI-related work.

The same source said Lovable will also get expanded access to two sets of AI models. One is Anthropic’s Claude, which many developers use for writing and checking code (the instructions that make software run). The other is Google’s Gemini models.

Google said Lovable’s new AI “agent” will be sold through a Google Cloud marketplace. An AI agent is a tool that can take steps on your behalf, more like an assistant that can do tasks, not just answer questions. Lovable also plans to integrate with Wiz, a security company Google recently acquired, to spot and fix security problems in code in real time.

Why it matters

This deal shows how fast-growing AI software companies are leaning on big cloud providers for the computing power they need. For customers, selling Lovable through Google’s marketplace could make it simpler to buy and manage, like adding an approved app to a company’s existing vendor list.

Source: TechCrunch AI