"Andrej Karpathy, the OpenAI cofounder and former AI director at Tesla, coined the term "vibe-coding" in a post on X in February. Nine months later, it's an official word in the dictionary. "There's a new kind of coding I call "vibe coding" where you fully give in to the vibes, embrace exponentials, and forget that the code even exists," Karpathy wrote. "It's possible because the LLMs (e.g. Cursor Composer w Sonnet) are getting too good," he added."
"Collins Dictionary, a dictionary now published by Harper Collins with a more than 200-year history, named vibe-coding its 2025 word of the year this week. Collins categorizes it as a noun, and a slang term, and defines it as "the use of artificial intelligence prompted by natural language to assist with the writing of computer code.""
"Companies building vibe-coding platforms have also won sizable funding rounds from Silicon Valley's top investors. Lovable, founded in 2023, announced a $200 million Series A raise at a $1.8 billion valuation led by Accel in July. In September, Replit announced a $250 million funding round at $3 billion valuation led by Prysm Capital. That month, Vercel also announced a $300 million round at a $9.3 billion valuation, also led by Accel."
Andrej Karpathy coined the term "vibe-coding" in February to describe a style of programming that relies on giving in to the 'vibes,' embracing exponential capabilities, and forgetting the existence of the code as LLMs generate it. Collins Dictionary classified vibe-coding as a noun and slang, defining it as the use of artificial intelligence prompted by natural language to assist with the writing of computer code, and named it its 2025 word of the year. Vibe-coding has become a common approach for experienced and novice coders. Startups building vibe-coding platforms have attracted large funding rounds and high valuations from top investors.
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