# Amjad Masad

> Amjad Masad is the co-founder and CEO of Replit, the AI-powered cloud development platform that has grown to over 50 million users and reached a $9 billion valuation after its $400 million Series D in March 2026. Born in Amman, Jordan - where he learned to code at internet cafes by the 15-minute slot - Masad built Replit to remove the setup friction he experienced firsthand. After stints as founding engineer at Codecademy and on Facebook's JavaScript infrastructure team (where he helped build Babel.js and Jest), he co-founded Replit in 2016 with his wife Haya Odeh and brother Faris. Rejected by Y Combinator four times before acceptance, Masad now leads a platform where anyone can go from idea to deployed software without writing a line of code - believing there will be a billion software creators in the AI era.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-founder at Replit
- **Organizations:** Replit, Facebook, Codecademy
- **From:** Amman, Jordan
- **Nationality:** Jordanian-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Princess Sumaya University for Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Replit, growing it to 50+ million users across 190+ countries, Achieved $9 billion valuation for Replit in March 2026 following $400M Series D, Became a billionaire (estimated net worth ~$2 billion) as of March 2026

## Career timeline

- **~1987-88** — Born in Amman, Jordan, to a family of Palestinian heritage
- **~2000s** — Taught himself to code at internet cafes in Amman, paying by the minute
- **~age 13** — Wrote security software for internet cafes; sold it commercially as a teenager
- **2005-2010** — Studied Computer Science at Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
- **2011** — Compiled multiple programming languages to JavaScript; went viral on Hacker News; praised by Brendan Eich
- **2011-2013** — Founding engineer at Codecademy (#1 engineer), built core infrastructure
- **2013-2016** — Software engineer at Facebook, led JavaScript infrastructure; contributed to Babel.js, Jest, and React Native
- **2016** — Co-founded Replit with wife Haya Odeh and brother Faris on April 1, 2016
- **2018** — Accepted into Y Combinator W18 after four rejections; raised $4.5M Series A from Andreessen Horowitz
- **2020** — Replit reached 1 million users
- **2022** — Raised funding at significant valuation; Replit reached unicorn status
- **2023** — Launched Replit AI (Ghostwriter), pioneering AI-assisted coding for general users
- **2024** — Released one of the first commercial AI coding agents; platform grew to 30M+ users
- **Sept 2025** — Raised $250 million at $3 billion valuation
- **Mar 2026** — Raised $400 million Series D at $9 billion valuation, led by Georgian; unveiled Agent 4; became billionaire

## Achievements

- Co-founded Replit, growing it to 50+ million users across 190+ countries
- Achieved $9 billion valuation for Replit in March 2026 following $400M Series D
- Became a billionaire (estimated net worth ~$2 billion) as of March 2026
- Contributed to major open-source projects at Facebook: Babel.js, Jest, React Native packager
- Sold security software to internet cafes as a teenager in Jordan
- Went viral on Hacker News in 2011 for compiling multiple languages to JavaScript
- Received acknowledgment from Brendan Eich (JavaScript creator) for browser-based language work
- Built Replit from YC rejection to a platform that tripled valuation in 6 months
- Led Replit to target $1 billion in ARR by end of 2026

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Raised $400M Series D at $9B valuation led by Georgian Partners; angel investors include Shaquille O'Neal and Jared Leto; unveiled Replit Agent 4
- **2026-03** — Reached estimated $2 billion net worth, officially becoming a billionaire per Forbes
- **2025-09** — Raised $250M at $3B valuation
- **2025** — Replit surpassed 50 million users; platform targeting $1B ARR by end of 2026
- **2025** — Announced 'The company of the future will have just two jobs' thesis - framing AI agents as the new workforce

## Links

- Website: https://replit.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amjadmasad
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/amasad
- GitHub: https://github.com/amasad
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amjad_masad/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/repl.it

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Last updated: 2026-05-22