Replit CEO claims split with Anthropic, but insider says partnership still in place
mark_k · x · 2026-10-17
- At TechCrunch Disrupt, Replit CEO Amjad Masad said the company no longer works with Anthropic, citing cost, partnership, and performance, and claimed OpenAI's Sol and Astra "consistently" do better at building apps from scratch.
- But an insider told TechCrunch the partnership is still in place, and a Replit post from late September lists Claude Fable 5 and 5.1 running in production.
- The quote is real; the breakup isn't confirmed yet, and the public claim contradicts what's happening internally.
Related event: Replit CEO Says It Has Dropped Anthropic as Partner(2 posts)→
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