Blog – APTO

The Reliable No-Code Alternative to the Fallen Builder.ai

AI-driven app development runs at a fast pace with new apps and features almost appearing over night, but promises of quick, effortless creation often mask underlying issues. Builder.ai, once hailed as a revolutionary low-code platform, collapsed spectacularly in 2025 amid revelations of overstated revenue, "AI washing," and financial mismanagement. The company, valued at $1.5 billion at its peak in 2023, filed for bankruptcy in spring 2025 after investigations exposed that its AI claims were largely hyped up, with its software development relying heavily on human engineers rather than genuine automation.

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December 4, 2025

A New Era for AI Innovation

Bengaluru played host to a momentous event on July 25, 2024, when Apto.ai received the prestigious AI Game Changer award at the Nasscom AI Confluence. This recognition highlights Apto.ai’s remarkable advancements in artificial intelligence and their unwavering dedication to reshaping the AI landscape.

Prashanth Kuppur

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Award

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July 25, 2024

Proud to be a Hot Vendor

We recently received the exciting news that we were recognized as a HfS Hot Vendor by HfS Research. We are now belonging to an exclusive group of emerging tech companies, each with a differentiated value proposition for the HfS One Office.Hfs lead analyst Ashish Chaturvedi saw our no-code platform as a powerful way to quickly generate complex and quality Java code with considerably reduced effort. If you want to read the full report, head to HFS – APTO to get your copy.

Prashanth Kuppur

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Online meet

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July 24, 2024

VideoCast || Hot Vendor Firesides

Our CTO Prashanth Kuppur and our managing director Bjorn Schwarz sat with analyst house HfS research for a Hot Vendor Fireside chat to talk about Apto.ai’s platform, how it fits into a company's strategy and about how our clients use Apto.ai to become more agile, gaining an edge over competitors, e.g. by embracing rapid prototyping. Looking at Apto.ai’s AI capabilities and plans shows how we (and our users) are ready to embrace the Generative AI revolution rather than fear it.

Prashanth Kuppur

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July 24, 2024

Rising Stars Of The Tech World: Why Developers Are Job Market Royalty

There’s no denying that developers have been in high demand over the past year. While coding and programming have been valuable skills for some time, the pandemic accelerated digitalization projects for businesses, making the need to recruit tech talent far more pressing.

Prashanth Kuppur

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July 24, 2024

Prepare for Major Shifts in Enterprise Software Development

Meeting the challenges of the digital economy requires organizations of all sizes to increase their responsiveness to business needs. For application development (AD) leaders, this means accelerating the development and maintenance of applications without sacrificing quality. IT departments as a whole must deliver more value, more quickly, with less risk.

Prashanth Kuppur

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Online meet

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July 24, 2024

3 Ways to Make Your Software Engineering Team 50% More Effective

High-performing software engineering teams deliver 53% better outcomes in employee experience and productivity compared with low-performing teams. This is according to the 2020 Gartner Software Engineering Team Effectiveness Survey, which reveals the factors that determine how.

Prashanth Kuppur

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July 24, 2024

How the Great Resignation made tech recruitment even more challenging

The Great Resignation has hit the tech industry. Workers across all sectors are increasingly leaving their jobs due to a combination of unsatisfactory wages, lack of recognition and the absence of work progression, as well as failure by their employers to recognise the new normal of offering remote or hybrid working.

Prashanth Kuppur

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Online meet

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July 24, 2024

We Won’t Develop The Next Generation Of Developers With The Status Quo

Enterprise-class applications are traditionally challenging to build and maintain for organizations outside of Silicon Valley, where capital flows at a rate that attracts the top developers. A shortage of developers and a constantly changing business environment make it difficult for companies to keep up with the demands of software development.

Prashanth Kuppur

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Online meet

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July 24, 2024

The Apto Blog

The Reliable No-Code Alternative to the Fallen Builder.ai

A New Era for AI Innovation

Proud to be a Hot Vendor

VideoCast || Hot Vendor Firesides

Rising Stars Of The Tech World: Why Developers Are Job Market Royalty

Prepare for Major Shifts in Enterprise Software Development

3 Ways to Make Your Software Engineering Team 50% More Effective

How the Great Resignation made tech recruitment even more challenging

We Won’t Develop The Next Generation Of Developers With The Status Quo