Exten AI Is Building the Backend That Prompt-to-App Tools Skip

South African startup Exten AI turns plain-language descriptions into working software — and its founder argues the hard part is not the code, but everything underneath it. Launched this year by Luncedo Simelane, the platform provisions a full backend alongside each generated application: an isolated database, file storage, secure user authentication and the runtimes needed to host autonomous AI agents. “It is basically a digital tech co-founder to a non-technical entrepreneur with a great softw