Replit CEO says it stopped working with Anthropic; insiders dispute it
Replit's own blog listed Claude models in production a few weeks ago.
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Replit chief executive Amjad Masad said on 15 October 2026 at TechCrunch Disrupt that the AI coding platform no longer works with Anthropic, citing cost, partnership and performance [1]. A person familiar with the partnership told TechCrunch that it is still in place [1].
Why does Amjad Masad say Replit switched?
Masad said Replit's internal benchmark and a public benchmark it publishes show OpenAI's Sol and Astra models perform better at building vibe-coded applications from scratch [1]. Replit announced a partnership with OpenAI in August, but had not said it was leaving Anthropic [1].
It was a decision based on both cost, partnership, and performance.
What contradicts the Replit CEO's claim?
A late-September Replit blog post cites Claude Fable 5 and Claude Fable 5.1 as models running in Replit Agent's production environment, TechCrunch reported [1]. Around the same time, a Replit product employee posted on X about using Anthropic's Opus 5.5 [1]. TechCrunch said it had asked Replit for clarification [1].
How is Replit's revenue mix changing?
Masad said enterprise was about 2% of Replit's revenue last year and about 15% this year, and that more than 50% of revenue is now business-to-business [1]. Replit is not sharing annual recurring revenue figures yet, he said [1].
Our read
Opinion: Whatever the contract says, coding platforms now treat model suppliers as interchangeable and say so on stage. That is also a bargaining signal to both labs.
What we could not verify
- We could not confirm whether Replit's contract with Anthropic has ended.
- Replit had not answered TechCrunch's request for clarification at publication time.
- We did not check Replit's benchmark results.
Questions and answers
Which OpenAI models does Replit's CEO prefer?
Amjad Masad named OpenAI's Sol and Astra models, saying they perform better at building vibe-coded apps from scratch on Replit's benchmarks [1].
Has Anthropic responded to Replit's CEO?
TechCrunch's report does not include a comment from Anthropic; it cites an unnamed person familiar with the partnership [1].
Mateo RuizTags: replit · anthropic · openai · coding
Why it matters
- Why it matters
- Amjad Masad said on 15 October 2026 that Replit no longer works with Anthropic. A person familiar told TechCrunch the deal is still in place.
- What's confirmed
- Reported by TechCrunch, not independently confirmed.
- What's uncertain
- We could not confirm whether Replit's contract with Anthropic has ended. Replit had not answered TechCrunch's request for clarification at publication time. We did not check Replit's benchmark results.
Tied to a named source. Not marked verified. TechCrunch: Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says
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