Grand Theft Auto VI is finally set to come out this November, after being in development for roughly a decade. For many fans, the wait has felt even longer considering Grand Theft Auto V first came out in 2013. Now, one AI startup founder apparently can’t wait any longer, so he’s trying to vibe code his own version. “Day 1 of building GTA 6. Still feels fake typing that out,” wrote 25-year-old Ziwen Xu on X this Wednesday. “Upgraded to Claude Max 20x just for this. Spent a couple hours getting the whole project structured and pushed to the repo.” The post included a short clip of the game, which on day one mostly consisted of a 3D blue oval moving and jumping around some gray blocks. Xu seems to be pretty sincere about the effort. He has been posting updates every day since the original post and has even shared the code repository on GitHub. Still, it does make you wonder how much time this project is taking away from his day job as the founder of Hyperecho, a startup that helps companies deploy “AI employees.”
“The goal: beat the real GTA 6 to launch. Ambitious, probably stupid, doing it anyway,” wrote Xu. The project appears to have been inspired by a post from another AI startup founder and investor.
