Replit partners with Japan's SMFL: 6-person, 6-month project now done by 1 person in a week
amasad · x · 2026-11-05
Replit CEO amasad announced a partnership with Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing (SMFL). SMFL already uses Replit for core software: a project that once took 6 people 6 months was completed by 1 person in 1 week. The two will combine Replit's cloud dev environment with SMFL's Asset Force cloud service (200+ paying customers) to offer enterprise SaaS in Japan, targeting a 10x revenue jump to ¥10B by 2031. Reported by Nikkei.
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