Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says
Replit CEO Amjad Masad announced that the company is ending its partnership with AI lab Anthropic, citing cost and performance concerns. Replit plans to prioritize its partnership with OpenAI, though conflicting reports suggest the transition may still be in progress.
Why it matters
This move highlights the intense competition between AI model providers and the strategic choices startups make to optimize their platforms.
Replit, the AI coding platform that has become a favorite of startup founders and developers, is no longer working with Anthropic, the company’s CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad said Thursday while onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Masad said the decision was made for a number of different reasons, including cost. Replit announced a partnership with OpenAI in August, but there was never any indication that its was no longer with Anthropic.
“I think ChatGPT is better now,” Masad said, adding that company uses an internal benchmark to help assess metrics like performance. “We publish a public benchmark as well, and consistently, Sol and Astra perform better on building vibe-coded applications from scratch. It was it was a decision based on both cost, you know, partnership, and performance. And for all these reasons, we just felt like they were a better partner for now.”
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