Vibe coding has made it to the C-suite, and tech executives say it is saving them huge amounts of time.
Siemiatkowski cofounded his buy-now-pay-later platform in 2005, and said for the past 20 years he’s been doing his own version of vibe coding by giving instruction to his engineers and product people and then reviewing the prototype he pitched weeks later.
With tools like Cursor, though, Siemiatkowski said he can bring his ideas to life on his own, before bringing them to the larger team. This way, he said, he can avoid the mixups that used to happen when the team’s prototype didn’t align with his vision.
Instead of waiting weeks for results, Siemiatkowski said he can vibe code a prototype in about 20 minutes. The process is so easy, the Klarna CEO admitted he has gotten a bit obsessed.
“My wife is a bit frustrated with me because like whenever the kids went to bed this summer I was just like ‘Cursor. I got to code,’” he said.
