Cloud-based IDE and AI coding agent platform supporting 50+ languages; Replit Agent allows natural-language app creation and deployment.
Cloud-based IDE and AI coding agent platform supporting 50+ languages; Replit Agent allows natural-language app creation and deployment.
Founded in 2016 by Amjad Masad, his brother Faris Masad, and his wife Haya Odeh — all from Jordan — after Amjad built an early open-source in-browser REPL in 2011. Rejected by Y Combinator four times before Paul Graham championed their re-application.
Replit closed a $400 million Series D round led by Georgian at a $9 billion valuation — 3x its prior valuation in six months — driven by $240M in 2025 revenue and 150,000+ paying customers.
Bloomberg and multiple outlets covered Replit's meteoric rise to a $9B valuation on the back of $240M in 2025 revenue and its Replit Agent product, positioning it alongside Cursor and GitHub Copilot in the AI coding race.
Google Cloud and Replit entered a multi-year partnership where Replit will expand usage of Google Cloud, integrate Google AI models, and support enterprise AI coding workflows. Google remains Replit's primary cloud provider.
Replit reported over 40 million registered users globally, reflecting its position as a leading platform for developers and non-developers alike to create software using AI.
Replit announced $250M in funding led by Prysm Capital including Amex Ventures and Google AI Futures Fund, at a $3B valuation. The raise followed 50x revenue growth in under a year driven by Replit Agent.
VentureBeat reported that Replit, powered by Anthropic's Claude, enabled Zillow to create production-ready software without traditional engineering resources, showcasing the platform's enterprise capabilities.
Replit selected Claude on Google Cloud Vertex AI as its primary AI model, with Replit's President noting "Claude is by far the best model available." The integration powered over 100,000 applications on Google Cloud Run.
Replit launched Replit Agent in September 2024, allowing users to build and deploy full-stack applications from natural language descriptions, kickstarting 50x revenue growth within months.
Replit announced a $97.4M Series B extension round at a $1.16 billion valuation, led by the a16z Growth Fund, with participation from Khosla Ventures, Coatue, and others.
Replit introduced Ghostwriter, an AI-powered pair programmer integrated into the Replit IDE, offering code completion, explanation, and generation capabilities to millions of developers.
Co-Founder & CTO
Brother of Amjad Masad and co-founder of Replit, contributing core engineering to the platform.
$848M raised total