Michele Catasta

President & Head of AI, Replit

Search every verified Michele Catasta interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Michele Catasta, President and Head of AI at Replit, appeared on the July 6, 2026 episode of the TVN program "XBOX RIF, 'Manual' Ferrari, SPV Hustle Debate, EV Truck Fraud." During the interview, he discussed the ongoing difficulty users face in building their own AI agents, noting that while agents have been a frequent topic of discussion for the past two years, creating them remains challenging. He stated that Replit has grown significantly by pioneering this space, and expressed a goal of enabling everyone to create their own agents, predicting that this capability will become more accessible soon. Catasta also made a prediction regarding the success of companies built on the Replit platform, stating that by the end of the year there would be several companies valued at nine figures built on Replit, adding that he believed they were "almost there."