Navan's cofounder rebuilt their entire Expense product in 6 hours over weekend

But I gave the team a challenge, and, actually, Elon, my cofounder, obviously took it first and did it over the weekend to vibe code our Expense product.

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But I gave the team a challenge, and, actually, Elon, my cofounder, obviously took it first and did it over the weekend to vibe code our Expense product. And it took him six hours to do that. So Elon, over the weekend, completely vibe code our Expense product. There is nothing there. Like, there is a big fintech component, very similar to travel. You know, how do you swipe a credit card and everything is magical? How do you, report on the transaction and so on? But the actual app, super easy to vibe code. And you think about, like, we kind of briefly talked about the ERP earlier.

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Ariel Cohen reveals how his cofounder Elon completely rebuilt Navan's Expense product from scratch in just six hours over a weekend. Despite the complex fintech infrastructure behind expense management, Cohen argues the actual user-facing app is surprisingly simple to code and rebuild.

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This demonstrates the stark difference between perceived product complexity and actual development time, offering insight into how experienced founders approach rebuilding core products.

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