Founder & CEO of Replit
"Amjad Masad empowered over 30 million developers worldwide by turning coding into a collaborative, browser-native AI experience."
Amjad Masad
Founder & CEO • Replit
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.
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.
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.
"The next big software company will be built by a single non-technical founder giving natural language commands to AI agents."
— Amjad Masad, Replit
Eliminate setting up environments—when creation requires zero setup, millions of new builders enter the market.
Explore verified founder profiles in the same category
AI & TechnologyCo-Founder & CEO • Perplexity AI
"Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that gives direct, cited answers to search queries instead of a list of links—also behind the Comet AI web browser."
AI & TechnologyCo-Founder & CEO • Emergent
"Emergent is a Bengaluru-based AI vibe-coding platform that lets anyone build, test, and deploy web and mobile apps using natural language, no coding required."
AI & TechnologyCo-Founder & CEO • Anysphere (Cursor)
"Cursor is an AI-powered code editor that helps developers write, edit, and understand code faster using AI."
AI & HardwareCo-Founder & CEO • Etched
"Etched builds Sohu, a specialized AI chip (ASIC) designed only for transformer models — claiming far higher speed than Nvidia's GPUs for AI inference."
The Founder Chronicle
Weekly deep-dives into the builders reshaping the global economy. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
