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

# 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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