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Amjad Masad

CEO & Co-Founder, Replit

Search every verified Amjad Masad interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, has been active in public discussions about AI's impact on software development and the broader technology industry. In appearances at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Supabase Select 2026, and on podcasts including The Information's TITV and a16z's podcast, Masad described Replit's mission as democratizing software creation, stating that "anyone of any skill level should be able to make software that is safe, secure, scalable." He discussed how AI agents now write most of Replit's code, with engineers reviewing their work, and noted that designers and support staff at the company contribute to its codebase. Masad also addressed the future of SaaS companies, arguing that businesses will need to adapt to AI-driven disruption rather than assume the industry will collapse. Masad has also spoken on AI safety and cybersecurity, pushing back against what he characterized as exaggerated "AI doom" narratives while acknowledging real risks. He argued that the more pressing conversation should focus on cybersecurity, citing recent security incidents at AI labs, and suggested that governments should apply penalties when AI systems cause harm. In interviews about education, Masad advocated for project-based learning and allowing young people to question established assumptions, saying "the utility of young people is to question deeply held beliefs." He also participated in the Tech for Palestine Bay Area Summit 2026, where he discussed his family's Palestinian background and his views on activism and public opinion. Additionally, Masad announced Replit's expansion with a new London office, describing the city as the birthplace of computing and a significant hub for AI development.

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“I think if you're all you're building is new AI apps and AI agents, then you're certainly probably spending more money on that than you are on replacing the old software, right? It might be more powerful and maybe you'll make that determination, but a lot of software is old deterministic software like the case in the bank in Japan. Um, it's an accounting software. they're gonna spend, you know, a couple hundred thous”

“I think every business will have to determine that for themselves. I'll give you an idea. Uh, had this old accounting software. They went on the market. They looked for something to fit their need. They didn't find any. They went to a consultancy to figure out how much it would cost them to build it. They told them it was going to be $10 million, 18 months. Uh, they had a group that of early adopters of Replet and Vi”

“I think um, you know, I come from an open source background. I was one of the engineers on React and React Native when I worked at Facebook. All I did was open source at Facebook, been on GitHub since like 2008, 2007. So big believer in open source and I feel like anytime a new technology is core infrastructure there needs to be open versions of it right like think of Linux imagine a world without Linux like how awfu”

“I think OpenAI understands that. I'm not sure if Anthropic does and you can tell by how they act. OpenAI has this Luna model which is cheaper than Deepseek Flash and better at this point. So they have the I mean by the way they Google had something like that like Gemini Flash was this like workhorse like you know too cheap to meter type model but OpenAI has taken the crown there right now and I think when you talk to”

“I think there's no good argument for how AI would kill everyone. I do worry about the risk of AI. Like I think AI used in warfare is already causing like human suffering and destruction. You know there's cyber security concerns across the world which is why I like I agree that they need to slow down and they need to fix their systems. They need to harden their systems or the government needs to kind of like start app”

“The other thing that I think Alex Karp of Palantir has been talking about is that there's a risk that when you work closely with the foundation model companies is that they're going to move into your business and we've seen that with Figma versus Adobe, we've seen that with now Harvey and OpenAI and it's really hard to partner with them because they see the world as their potential market. When they talk to investors”

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