Amjad Masad

About Me

Amjad Masad and his wife Haya cofounded Replit, which was valued at $9 billion after a $400 million fundraising round announced in March 2026. The vibe coding company's backers include venture firms Georgian, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, 1789, celebrities Shaquille O'Neal and Jared Leto, and sovereign wealth funds including Qatar's QIA. With its latest agent, simply called Agent 4, Replit aims make vibe coding more white boarding, where developers can can doodle drawings of new features, tweak mockups and app designs, and collaborate with other engineers in real time. Masad grew up in Jordan as the son of two refugees, and made money as a teen by creating software management systems for local internet cafes. He immigrated to the U.S. in 2012 to join Codeacademy, the startup that teaches people how to code through online courses, then worked as an engineer at Facebook before cofounding Replit in 2016.