Replit CEO Amjad Masad will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

In short: Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad will appear on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 in San Francisco.

What happened

TechCrunch announced that Amjad Masad, the CEO and co-founder of Replit, will join the speaker lineup for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The event is scheduled for October 13 to 15 at Moscone West in San Francisco.

Masad is expected to talk about the future of programming and what Replit thinks its role will be. Programming is the work of writing instructions for computers, like giving a very detailed recipe that a machine can follow.

The announcement also highlighted Replit’s recent business growth. TechCrunch said Replit’s current “run rate” is tracking toward $1 billion annually. A run rate is a rough estimate based on recent performance, like guessing a full year’s sales from the last few months. TechCrunch also noted that investors valued Replit at $9 billion earlier in 2026, after it was valued at $3 billion about six months earlier.

Why it matters

Tools like Replit aim to make it easier to build software, including for people who do not consider themselves programmers. If that continues, it could change who gets to turn ideas into apps and small businesses, and how quickly teams can test and build new products.

Source: TechCrunch AI