Automattic Launches Spacefast With Deployment Tools for AI-Built Apps

Automattic launched Spacefast on Nov. 9, offering deployment infrastructure and backend tools for websites and apps made with AI coding tools. The service is aimed at projects that need systems for data, user access and other functions after the code is created.

Spacefast includes databases, user authentication, file uploads, email and analytics. Users can connect agents and chatbots including ChatGPT and Claude, as well as Hermes, OpenClaw, Grok Bot, Muse, Pi, Cursor, OpenCode and Amp. They can also begin by connecting a Git repository.

Automattic owns WordPress.com. Spacefast enters a market that includes Lovable and Emergent, which offer app creation tools alongside infrastructure. Figma, Canva and Notion have also introduced products at the intersection of AI-assisted coding, mockups and presentations.

Automattic soft-launched Spacefast in September to collect feedback. Early projects included internal mockups, slideshows and websites related to offers. The product is led by Batuhan İçöz, who said users can choose which agent they want to work with instead of being tied to one option.

İçöz described a tool-consolidation problem for enterprise customers, where marketing teams create landing pages using services such as Lovable. “For enterprises, the problem right now is IT sprawl,” he said. Spacefast sees its place within Automattic as an advantage that could make it easier to launch web analytics, WordPress integration and e-commerce through WooCommerce.

İçöz said he expects some users to leave after trying the service, including people who discover they are not interested in building apps. He said Spacefast needs to make app building easy and deliver better results than users would get without the service.