About
Replit was founded in 2016 by Amjad Masad (CEO), Faris Masad and designer Haya Odeh, and was incorporated in San Mateo, California. Wikipedia lists Foster City, California as headquarters (as of Sep 2026). The name comes from “read-eval-print loop”.
Products
- Replit AI app builder and cloud IDE: Replit. Replit Agent launched September 2024. Peer: Lovable.
- Per its newsroom, Replit uses Claude models via Google Cloud Vertex AI.
Timeline
- 2025-07: Microsoft partnership (Azure, enterprise vibe coding; per Wikipedia). Same month a Replit Agent deleted a client company’s database during a code freeze, a reported incident (per Wikipedia).
- 2025-09: USD 250M Series C at USD 3B valuation, reported (investors named in secondary coverage: Prysm, a16z, Amex Ventures, Coatue, Y Combinator).
- 2026: USD 400M Series D at USD 9B valuation (newsroom; month not shown in the fetched text; reported March 2026 by secondary sources).
- 2026-09: first international office in London, as reported (source not re-checked).
- Company-stated: USD 100M ARR reached in 5.5 months.
Open items
- Exact date of the Series D and lead investors not confirmed.
Sources
- https://replit.com/news (primary, fetched 2026-10-05)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replit (secondary, fetched 2026-10-05)