AI Website Builder Kite Handles SEO, Bug Fixes, and Maintenance for Freelancers and Small Businesses

New platform from Appsmith combines conversational web design with AI agents that keep websites performing for months and years to come.

Apr. 6, 2026 at 2:31pm by Ben Kaplan

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Kite, a new AI website builder from Appsmith, is now available for freelance web designers and small business owners who want a professional website without the ongoing burden of website management. This platform turns a guided conversation into a professional website and then uses AI agents to continuously monitor, optimize, and fix issues without requiring human intervention.

Why it matters

The new Kite platform addresses key pain points for freelance web designers and small business owners by automating the ongoing maintenance and optimization of websites, which is often overlooked but crucial for maintaining a strong web presence over time. This allows users to focus on their core business while ensuring their websites perform well.

The details

Unlike most AI website tools that generate quick designs and leave the rest to users, Kite walks people through the design process with insightful questions, curated options, and real-time adjustments. After publication, Kite's AI agents continuously monitor, optimize, and fix issues without requiring human intervention. Kite is gaining traction among freelance web designers who can deliver professional-looking websites without needing to code, design, or maintain them. Small business owners are also turning to Kite to eliminate the ongoing complexity of website maintenance.

  • Kite was launched in April 2026.

The players

Kite

A new AI website builder from Appsmith that combines conversational web design with AI agents to maintain and optimize websites automatically.

Appsmith

The open-source internal tools platform that serves as the operational infrastructure for teams at Dropbox, AWS, ByteDance, and dozens of other enterprises.

Abhishek Nayak

The co-founder and CEO of Kite.

Naveen Prabhu

The co-founder and CEO of GetReplies, who has used Kite to build websites.

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What they’re saying

“The dirty secret of every website builder is that building the site is the easy part. The hard part is everything that comes after. Pages drift out of SEO. Contact forms break. Links go dead. We built Kite so they don't.”

— Abhishek Nayak, co-founder and CEO of Kite

“I've built websites with Wix, Webflow, Figma Sites, Framer, WordPress, Bolt, and Lovable. The difference with Kite is the effort needed, time it takes, and overall cost to build something that looks the part. In a couple of days I can build what I want and get the output quality that I want.”

— Naveen Prabhu, co-founder and CEO at GetReplies

What’s next

Kite is available now for free at kite.ai.

The takeaway

Kite's AI-powered website builder and maintenance platform addresses a critical need for freelance web designers and small business owners by automating the ongoing management and optimization of websites, allowing them to focus on their core business while ensuring their web presence remains strong over time.