Launch HN: A0.dev (YC W25) – React Native App Generator

Hi HN — we’re Seth and Ayo and we’re building a0.dev ( https://a0.dev ). a0.dev is a platform built to cut down React Native development time from weeks to just a few hours. We’ve been building mobile apps together for seven years and have had several successes. One thing that’s always bothered us though is how much harder it is to build a mobile app than a website. If you’ve built an app with React Native before you’re familiar with the pains of working with both Xcode and Android Studio, writing tons of boilerplate before you can even start making the app, setting up state management, and of course going through the dreaded app review. We decided to build a platform that would make the app development process faster. We’ve seen the success of new code-gen platforms like v0 and wanted something for React Native that goes further. We built an AI app generator that takes a user's prompt and creates a custom React Native app with an instant live preview. Here’s a 5min demo