Replit CEO Amjad Masad, Thursday Nights in AI
Outset Capital's Ali Rohde and Josh Albrecht interview Replit CEO, Amjad Masad. Special thanks to Notion for hosting us at their beautiful office!
This fireside chat is part of our 'Thursday Nights in AI" series, co-hosted by Outset Capital and Imbue.
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About Outset: Outset Capital is led by Ali Rohde, Kanjun Qiu, and Josh Albrecht — AI practitioners investing in AI, deeptech, and the future of work. We back companies at the outset and love to be the first check in.
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Learn more about Replit: https://www.repl.it
00:00 Amjad Masad
00:00 Intro
01:04 Amjad's founder journey
02:28 Replit's international user base
04:57 Replit and software can be a potentially life-changing thing
06:20 Replit's code models
12:15 On performance of open-sourced vs closed-source models
13:44 on Code Llama
16:09 Replit Ghostwriter features
18:16 New Replit features in October
18:30 Replit vs. Github Copilot
20:11 What excites Amjad
24:48 Amjad & AI Policy
27:37 Companies that Amjad invests in
30:23 Q&A