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Replit's Anthropic Split Claim and Walkback
Replit CEO Amjad Masad said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the company had dropped Anthropic, citing costs, then quickly clarified that Replit stays model-agnostic with OpenAI as its default choice.
2026-10-17 ~ 2026-10-18 · 2 episodes · 4 posts
Episode 1 · Replit CEO Says It Has Dropped Anthropic as Partner (2026-10-17, 2 posts)
Replit CEO Amjad Masad said the company has stopped working with Anthropic, citing costs, the partnership, and model performance, though internal sources indicate the collaboration is still ongoing.
- Replit CEO says it stopped working with Anthropic, citing cost and model tests — ryanmerket · 2026-10-17
- Replit CEO claims split with Anthropic, but insider says partnership still in place — mark_k · 2026-10-17
Episode 2 · Replit CEO clarifies it stays model-agnostic as OpenAI becomes default partner (2026-10-18, 2 posts)
Replit CEO Amjad Masad clarified that the company remains model-agnostic and users can still choose Anthropic and other models, though OpenAI has become its default preferred partner for Agents.