Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder of Replit, joins the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
THE SO WHAT
When the CEO of Replit is framed as “the future of programming,” the center of gravity is shifting from IDEs to AI-native dev environments. If you’re a software leader, assume your junior dev pipeline will increasingly start in tools like this—and adjust onboarding, code review, and security expectations accordingly.
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