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Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

TechCrunch AI Connie Loizos May 1, 2026
Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell
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# Replit's CEO Says His Company Isn't Looking to Sell, Despite Big Money in the Market Replit, a coding platform, is staying independent while a rival company called Cursor is in talks to be bought by SpaceX for $60 billion—an enormous sum that's raising questions about whether other coding tool companies will eventually get bought out too. CEO Amjad Masad explained his reasoning for keeping the company separate during a recent tech conference. The situation highlights how valuable AI-powered coding tools have become to investors right now.

At TechCrunch's sold-out StrictlyVC event in San Francisco on Thursday night, we covered a lot of ground in a short time, beginning with the question everyone in the industry is asking right now: in a world where rival Cursor is reportedly in talks to be acquired by SpaceX for $60 billion, is Replit

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