Replit CEO Fires Anthropic on Stage, Names Three Reasons
Replit CEO Fires Anthropic on Stage, Names Three Reasons By TechPulse USA San Francisco, October 17, 2026 Replit's CEO fired his most important supplier on a conference stage this week, live, with a grin — and named his three reasons. The only problem: by the time the session recording went up, people who say they know the partnership insisted it was still alive. Both can't be right. And the gap between the two versions is where the real story sits — because what happened at TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday says more about who holds power in the AI business right now than any funding round has. The question that cracked it open The exchange began, according to Unite.AI's account of the session, when the interviewer asked whether the OpenAI partnership Replit announced in August meant the company was no longer working with Anthropic. Amjad Masad, Replit's CEO and co-founder, didn't pause to consult counsel. "Yeah. I mean, yeah," he said — three words t...