Ex-Apple Staff Engineer Chris Nolet Launches Vibe Code Go, Bringing AI-Powered Coding to Mobile

San Francisco, CA – Chris Nolet, a former Staff Engineer at Apple, has officially launched Vibe Code Go, a groundbreaking mobile application designed to revolutionize software development by enabling "vibe coding on the go." The new venture, a Y Combinator Summer 2025 (YC S25) startup, aims to free software engineers from traditional desk-bound workflows, allowing them to code from anywhere using just their phone.

Vibe Code Go introduces a mobile-first approach to "vibe coding," a concept popularized by AI researcher Andrej Karpathy, where AI agents generate and refine code based on natural language prompts. Nolet, a second-time founder with a background in developer tools, stated, "You don’t need a big screen to vibe code. If you think about it, you probably spend the majority of your time in Cursor or Cline chatting with an agent in the sidebar. What if you take that chat bar and squeeze it into an iPhone app? That’s Vibe Code Go."

The application boasts several key features, including "Mobile Freedom" for making last-minute changes or starting new projects remotely, and "Seamless Integration" that syncs changes directly to a user's laptop, complementing existing IDE workflows. Its "Agentic Intelligence" allows users to queue up edits while the AI drafts, tests, and refines code in real-time, intelligently resolving errors. The app runs Claude Code on a Mac under the hood, ensuring professional-grade performance.

Vibe Code Go enters a rapidly evolving market for AI-powered code editors, positioning itself as a direct mobile competitor to established tools like Cursor AI. While Cursor offers robust desktop AI coding capabilities, Nolet's startup differentiates by prioritizing the mobile experience, transforming coding into a conversational process that feels "a lot like messaging with a friend." This innovation addresses the growing demand for flexible development environments.

The launch follows significant early recognition, including Vibe Code Go winning the prestigious "10x Engineering Prize" at a recent Anthropic and South Park Commons hackathon. Tyler Bosmeny, co-founder of Y Combinator, lauded the development, stating, "Chris is an amazing ex-Apple Staff Engineer building the mobile Cursor competitor he always wanted. Congrats @chrisnolet on the launch! 🚀🚀" The platform is set to empower serious software engineers with unprecedented freedom and efficiency.