The Morning Brief ET in the Valley: Replit Founder and CEO Amjad Masad
Nov 12, 2025
Amjad Masad, founder and CEO of Replit, shares his journey from Jordan to Silicon Valley, redefining coding with AI. He discusses the transformative power of AI agents, emphasizing how they revolutionize productivity. Highlighting India's 17 million developers, he advocates for a shift from cost to innovation arbitrage. Amjad envisions a future where collaborative AI agents enhance creativity and productivity. He also stresses the importance of education reform to prepare the next generation for an AI-driven world.
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Early Open-Source Breakthrough
- Amjad built an open-source browser-based programming environment in his early twenties that went viral on GitHub.
- That project led to U.S. job offers and an O-1 visa despite academic rejections.
Agents Change Productivity Dynamics
- The co-pilot era gave modest productivity gains but kept coding expertise central.
- AI agents shift delegation of work and can double productivity or more for many roles.
Software Democratized Across Roles
- AI agents empower non-developers like PMs, designers, and HR to prototype and iterate rapidly.
- Access to an 'infinite resource of software engineers' will fundamentally change how enterprise work is organized.