About Playcode
Born in 2016. Used today by over a million people to ship real software — without writing code.
Independent, profitable since 2017, and built in Europe. We're the AI app builder behind 26 million projects across 100+ countries.
Profitable since 2017 · 10 languages supported · Independent and bootstrapped · 99.9%+ uptime
Our Story
How Playcode started
Playcode was founded in 2016 to give developers a real in-browser environment for testing ideas. Within a few years, the platform was running daily for tens of thousands of developers, then hundreds of thousands, then over a million. Today Playcode serves 26 million projects across 100+ countries.
In early 2026 we made a deliberate pivot. The same browser-based runtime that powered the developer playground was strong enough to serve people who never write code — small business owners, founders, agencies, owner-operators. Describe what you want; AI builds it. Apps, sites, internal tools — all from a chat.
Playcode is built by a focused team based in Europe, with advisors from one of the most successful donation-software companies in the world. We believe the best software is owned by the people who use it — so every project on Playcode ships as real, exportable code, with no vendor lock-in.
Leadership
The team driving Playcode's strategy and engineering.
Ruslan Ianberdin
CEO & Founder
Founded Playcode in 2016. Engineering leader with 18 years of experience across marketplaces, crypto exchanges, and enterprise platforms. Previously Head of Development at Simplenight (Miami).
Anton Isaikin
Advisor · Co-founder, Fundraise Up
Co-founder of Fundraise Up (NYC, 300+ team, $1B+ valuation, $1B+/year in donations processed). Advises Playcode on product strategy, growth, and go-to-market.
Yuriy Smirnov
Advisor · Co-founder, Fundraise Up
Co-founder of Fundraise Up. Advises Playcode on engineering, platform architecture, and scale. Hands-on involvement since 2024.
Trust & security
What we do to keep your code and your customers safe.
SOC 2 In progress · consultant engaged
GDPR In progress · EU residency live
Encryption at rest and in transit. No model training on your code.
EU-based bare-metal infrastructure (Hetzner). AWS + Cloudflare for global routing and protection. HTTPS everywhere by default.
99.9%+ measured uptime since 2016. Continuous monitoring. Daily encrypted backups with point-in-time recovery.
Single-engineer production database access — the smallest possible attack surface. VPN-only server entry. No third-party data sharing.
Cloudflare edge protection on every request. Continuously online since 2016 with no major incidents.
Your code is yours — every project exports as real React, Vue, HTML. Delete your account and your data anytime, no questions asked.
Get in touch
Procurement teams: contact [email protected] for our DPA template, security overview, and questionnaire responses.