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Replit (/ˈrɛplɪt/), formerly Repl.it, is an American technology company. Founded in 2016, Replit developed an online integrated development environment (IDE) also named Replit that supports various programming languages.[1] In September 2024, it released the first version of Replit Agent, an AI agent for automating software development, with which users can interact in natural language.[2]
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In 2009, having seen significant advancements in browser and web technologies, Masad imagined a development environment built on the same premise as Google Docs; that is, allowing the user to write and share code all in a web browser. In 2011, he produced an early open-source version of this concept, called "JSRepl".[3] Because Masad then spent a few years working at various companies,[1] including Udacity and Codecademy, JSRepl was used for the in-browser tutorials of Udacity and Codecademy.[4]
Replit was founded in 2016 by the Jordanian programmers Amjad Masad, Faris Masad, and designer Haya Odeh.[5][6] It was incorporated in San Mateo.[7][8][9][10] Its name comes from the acronym REPL, which stands for "read–evaluate–print loop". Initially a collaborative coding platform, Replit became with Agent an AI-powered software creation ecosystem centered around the ability to build complete applications by describing them in natural language.
In July 2025, Replit announced a partnership with Microsoft, which involves the integration of Replit technology into several of Microsoft's tools for enterprises.[11] That same month, Replit's AI agent went "rogue" and deleted a client company's entire database during a code freeze, against the prompter's wishes.[12] This incident earned a nomination in the 2025 AI Darwin Awards.[13]
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