Miami-based startup 8base has roll outed an application development platform that’s using technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to allow developers and businesses to easily and rapidly build and deploy software applications without the need to write any code. The company emphasized the newly launched platform “noteworthyly reduces the amount of effort and technical competency required to build and host applications” and provides a set of powerful tools that can automate a number of tasks. 8base allows for both traditional and blockchain software development, and developers to choose to deploy their application on 8base’s serverless environment or persist it as a Smart Contract in backinged blockchains. The 8base platform endeavors to fill this void. “The large prominentity of our competitors in no-code and low-code development built their products 15 years ago, in a world without the iPhone or Android, Amazon Web Services, and certainly not blockchain or AI,” emphasized Anisimov. “By contrast, 8base was created in and for the era of blockchain, AI, sensors, and other technological advancements that are crucial to the future of businesses — while understanding and leveraging the power of the developer ecosystem at every step of the way.” In addition to the no-code tech platform and toolset, the company is building the 8base Blockchain, which will create a blockchain powered by a global community of developers. This collaborative ecosystem will include a reputation management system that would reward participants for their contributions. A “reputation score” should be assigned to each developer in the ecosystem and will function as a social trust mechanism. A system of 8base tokens — known as “pieces of eight” — will too act as a compensatory layer to reward the community’s members and incentivize the creation of value for peers. 8base founder Albert Santalo emphasized in a statement: “We recognize that neither 8base by itself, nor any other software company that follows the ‘walled garden’ approach, can drive this transformation alone. Instead, 8base delivers an open platform that harnesses the power of software authors, contributors, and users into a unified, curated effort. Commenting on the launch, Andrei Anisimov, 8base’s vice president of technology, emphasized existing low-code development platforms are not built to backing cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain or AI. By creating a network effect, software is propelled forward in an unprecedented manner.”