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Amjad Masad

Founder & CEO of Replit

"Amjad Masad empowered over 30 million developers worldwide by turning coding into a collaborative, browser-native AI experience."

By UpForge Editorial•San Francisco, United States•Published 2026-05-01•Valuation: $3B
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Amjad Masad

Founder & CEO • Replit

Coding in the Browser

Amjad Masad grew up in Jordan with limited hardware access, driving his mission to make software creation accessible on any device. He founded Replit to provide zero-setup cloud IDEs accessible right from a web browser.

The Replit Agent Revolution

In 2024–2026, Masad launched Replit Agent—an autonomous AI engineer that writes code, sets up databases, installs packages, and deploys full-stack apps from natural language instructions in under two minutes.

Billion-Developer Future

Masad believes AI agents will grow the number of software creators from 30 million to 1 billion people, allowing anyone with an idea to launch software products instantly.

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"The next big software company will be built by a single non-technical founder giving natural language commands to AI agents."

— Amjad Masad, Replit

FOUNDER LESSON & TAKEAWAY

Eliminate setting up environments—when creation requires zero setup, millions of new builders enter the market.

Amjad Masad, Founder & CEO of Replit — UpForge Verified Founder
AI Cloud IDE & Software

Amjad Masad

Founder & CEO • Replit

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UFRN CodeUF-2026-US-XXXXX
CompanyReplit
Founded2016
Valuation$3B
Total Funding$200M+

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