Key facts
- Spacefast provides databases, authentication, file uploads, emails and analytics for AI-built apps, per TechCrunch.
- Users can connect Spacefast to agents including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and Grokbot, or link a Git repository.
- Batuhan Icoz leads Spacefast and began the project during an Automattic hackathon sprint in 2026.
- Automattic soft-launched Spacefast in September 2026 before the public launch, TechCrunch reported.
- Icoz said Spacefast lets users choose their agent, unlike Lovable, which offers interface and infrastructure.
Automattic, the owner of WordPress.com, launched a service called Spacefast on November 9, 2026, that lets users deploy websites and apps built with AI coding tools, TechCrunch reported. The product supplies infrastructure including databases, authentication, file uploads, emails and analytics, the report said.
Users can connect Spacefast to agents and chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor and Grokbot, or link a Git repository to start, according to the report. The product is led by Batuhan Icoz, who began work on it during one of the company's hackathon sprints earlier in 2026 while working on the messaging app Beeper.
"I thought there had to be a better way for everyone to set up and deploy their projects," Icoz told TechCrunch. He said the project was first called Stattic. Automattic soft-launched the product in September to collect feedback before the public launch, the report said.
Icoz said Spacefast differs from Lovable by letting users choose their agent. Spacefast said it can add web analytics, WordPress integration and e-commerce features through WooCommerce because it sits inside Automattic. Icoz said enterprise customers face "IT sprawl" as marketing teams build landing pages on services like Lovable.
Icoz said he expects some users to churn after trying the product, and that the goal is to make building with Spacefast easier than working without it. He acknowledged that some sites will not need a content management system as the web expands.