Replit CEO announces end of partnership with Anthropic, switching to OpenAI
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On October 17, 2026, at TechCrunch Disrupt, Replit CEO Amjad Masad announced that Replit is no longer partnering with Anthropic. His reasons included cost, partnership, and performance, saying that ChatGPT now performs better, and that Replit's internal benchmarks show its models Sol and Astra perform better on tasks building apps from scratch. A follow-up report on October 18 added more details: the company has ended its partnership with Anthropic, and OpenAI's ChatGPT has become the default model for Replit Agent, though users can still choose other models such as Anthropic's Claude. The event is currently at the announcement stage, with no reports yet from Anthropic or of further developments.
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- TechCrunch · AIReplit makes OpenAI its default over Anthropic, CEO says
Replit CEO Amjad Masad said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the company no longer partners with Anthropic, and OpenAI's ChatGPT has become the default model for Replit Agent, citing cost, partnership and performance reasons; users can still choose other models such as Anthropic's Claude themselves.
- TechCrunch · AIReplit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Replit CEO Amjad Masad said Replit is no longer working with Anthropic due to cost, collaboration and performance reasons, adding that ChatGPT is now better and its internal benchmarks show Sol and Astra perform better at building apps from scratch.
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