A few days ago, we hit a remarkable milestone: over 1 million web applications built with Bolt.new and deployed to Netlify in five months. That’s about 6,600 new AI-generated sites every day. Adding in other platforms, like Same.new, and Netlify sees over 10,000 sites a day from AI codegen platforms.
While the number alone is impressive, it signals something much more significant:
- AI-assisted development is accelerating at a faster pace than many thought
- Netlify has emerged as the default platform for deploying AI-generated code at scale
This isn’t by accident. Our platform was architected from the ground up with principles that uniquely suit this AI-driven future.
Why AI builders choose Netlify
AI code generation platforms like Bolt are revolutionizing how fullstack applications are created with Netlify, but generating code is only half the battle. Getting AI-built applications live, secure, and scalable remains a significant challenge. A challenge that most traditional cloud platforms weren’t designed to handle.
Here’s why Netlify has become the go-to platform for AI-generated deployments:
1. API-first architecture built for automation
Our API-first approach allows AI tools to programmatically create, configure, and deploy sites without friction. While most platforms were built primarily for human workflows, Netlify’s architecture naturally accommodates both human developers and AI agents.
This means:
- AI agents can create new sites with unique configurations in seconds
- Build settings, environment variables, and domain rules can be programmatically defined
- Deployment build logs can be fed back to AI systems to improve future builds
2. Instant deployment pipeline optimized for speed
AI-assisted development demands a fundamentally different deployment cadence. When developers and AI agents work together, iteration cycles compress from days to minutes or even seconds.
Our platform enables:
- Deploys in under 5 seconds with prebuilt outputs
- Multiple iterations per hour without deployment bottlenecks
- Instant preview environments for every change
3. Security designed for AI-generated code
AI-generated code introduces unique security considerations. Models can occasionally generate vulnerable code patterns or accidentally expose sensitive information.
Netlify’s platform includes:
- Automatic secret scanning during builds
- Detection and blocking of hardcoded API keys
- Environment variable protection to prevent accidental exposure
- Built-in DDoS protection for all deployed applications
4. Scale without complexity
When Bolt needed to scale from hundreds to millions of deployments, our infrastructure handled the growth without requiring complex DevOps expertise.
Our edge network automatically:
- Scales to handle traffic spikes without intervention
- Delivers content from 100+ global points of presence
- Responds in under 50ms to users worldwide
- Manages billions of requests with reliable performance
How people are using AI-generated apps on Netlify
As you might imagine the 1 million deployments represent a diverse range of users building with AI-generated code.
Indie developers building full-stack apps in record time
For individual developers, the combination of AI code generation and instant deployment has compressed development cycles from weeks to hours. We’re seeing developers build and launch multiple production-ready applications in a single day – something unthinkable in the traditional development paradigm.
Product managers and designers prototyping without code
The accessibility of AI code generation has expanded who can build for the web. Product managers who previously created lo-fi wireframes or rely on developers to create prototypes are now generating and deploying functional mockups themselves.
Startups launching MVPs without a technical team
We’re seeing early-stage startups use AI-generated deployments to validate business ideas. By deploying functional applications quickly, founders can test market fit with real users instead of relying on hypotheticals.
Event organizers building the world’s largest hackathon
Bolt’s impromptu effort to create the Guinness world record for the world’s largest hackathon are using AI-generated deployments to create their event site.
How about something like this? ✨ https://t.co/aBtFTw19CC pic.twitter.com/LUG1msjVv2
— Fons Mans (@FonsMans) March 19, 2025
What this means for AI codegen platforms
The success of Bolt on Netlify demonstrates how the right deployment partner, investing in Agent Experience can amplify AI’s impact. Here’s a few examples of how platforms like Bolt can take advantage of Netlify:
- Dynamic site creation: Each AI-generated app gets its own unique site ID, created via our API with custom domain rules, environment variables, and build settings automatically configured.
- Full-stack support: Unlike platforms limited to frontend-only deployments, Netlify supports generating and deploying fullstack applications via API, including serverless functions and edge functions.
- Continuous optimization: Deploy logs are accessible programmatically and can be fed back into LLMs, enabling tighter integration with our build system to proactively fix issues before human intervention is required.
- Flexible deployment experiences: Platforms can elect to have their users deploy, claim, and manage their own apps on Netlify, or have an end-to-end experience within their product.
By providing a thoughtful experience across all parties—the AI codegen platform developer, application builder, platform agent, and deployment platform—tools like Bolt and Netlify can create a powerful ecosystem that significantly accelerates development workflows while maintaining production-ready quality.
The foundation for Agent Experience (AX)
This milestone of 1 million AI-generated apps on Netlify points toward a future we’re actively building combined with reliable infrastructure. One where AI agents autonomously build, deploy, and iterate on applications with the right amount of human input. This future requires an understanding of, and investment in, Agent Experience.
Whether you’re a developer working alongside AI to build faster, a company looking to scale AI-generated applications, or an AI platform seeking a reliable deployment partner, Netlify provides the infrastructure that makes the potential of AI web development a reality.
The future of the web is one where ideas can be validated faster, turned into live, ready to scale applications in minutes rather than weeks. With 1 million AI-generated apps and counting, that future is already here. And with Netlify, it’s ready for production.
