Replit CEO on YC rejections, London office, and 'AI psychosis' among frontier researchers
amasad · x · 2026-09-11
Key points from a long interview with Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad
- Packed London community event; Replit opened a London office before New York.
- Backstory: internet cafés in Jordan inspired Replit; rejected by YC four times.
- Views on management, product and the industry: "a company is the opposite of a democracy"; dislikes the term "vibe coding"; discusses the "self-driving company", how to predict AI's future, frontier researchers having "AI psychosis", entering the singularity in 2016, and capturing value at the product layer.
Related event: Replit CEO Amjad Masad's Journey: From Amman Cybercafes to YC Rejections(2 posts)→
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