From 1,500 waitlist to VC meetings in 3 weeks - turns out WordPress + AI is a massive gap

Quick update on Kintsu.ai - we built a platform that lets you connect your existing WordPress site and vibe code changes through AI chat. Think "fix my mobile hero section" and it just does it. Works with Elementor, Divi, custom themes, all of it.

When we launched the waitlist we expected maybe a few hundred signups. We hit 1,500 in weeks. Zero paid ads, just organic from WordPress communities and word of mouth. That told us something.

The past few weeks have been wild. We're deep in conversations with multiple VCs and the interest has been way beyond what we expected. Turns out investors see the same thing we see: WordPress powers 40%+ of the web, and the tooling around it hasn't evolved in years. Everyone is building AI site builders for new sites. Nobody is solving the real problem — the millions of existing sites that need constant maintenance, updates, and edits.

We're running a closed beta with 40 users right now and the feedback is pushing us to move fast. Planning to open up access very soon.

The biggest insight so far: people don't want another page builder. They want to describe what they need in plain language and have it happen without breaking anything. That's the product.

Free tier will be available at launch. If you're managing WordPress sites, would love to hear — how much time do you spend on small edits that should take 2 minutes but somehow take 30?