From 6,000 Lines of Code in Two Days to Getting Acquired by IBM- The Langflow Story

Notes from our Chai & AI session with Gabriel Almeida, CTO and Founder of Langflow

Langflow is one of the fastest growing open source low-code AI tools and was recently acquired by IBM (through their DataStax acquision). But here's what blew my mind - it wasn't built by some well-connected Silicon Valley team with endless funding. It was built by scrappy founders in Brazil who turned geographic disadvantage into their superpower.

Think about it: starting from a place where nobody knows you, building something the global dev community falls in love with, and scaling so fast that IBM comes knocking. That's the kind of story that makes you believe anyone, anywhere, can build something that matters.

When I saw Gabriel Almeida (CTO, Langflow) comment on one of my LinkedIn posts, I knew this was my shot. Had to get him on our Chai & AI sessions with our community to spill everything.

What stood out to me in this session was Gabriel’s love for execution and the product. Founder–product fit is real, and I could feel it. Our community asked such thoughtful questions, and his an…