
What Replit is
Replit is a browser-based AI development and deployment platform centered on Replit Agent, a conversational agent that scaffolds, runs, tests, and ships full-stack applications from plain-language prompts. It bundles authentication, Postgres database, hosting, and observability into a single product, and is used by over 40 million people and 85% of the Fortune 500.
Funding snapshot
$400 million Series D at a $9 billion post-money valuation, announced 11 March 2026 and led by returning investor Georgian Partners (with G Squared, Prysm Capital, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, Accenture Ventures, Okta Ventures and Databricks Ventures). Previous round: $250 million at a $3 billion valuation, September 2025, when Replit reported $150 million in annualized revenue. Company has publicly targeted $1 billion in ARR by the end of 2026. Source: TechCrunch, 11 March 2026 — https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/replit-snags-9b-valuation-6-months-after-hitting-3b/
Key features
- Replit Agent 4 autonomously writes, tests, and ships production-ready code from natural language prompts
- Replit Chat and Plan mode for conversational brainstorming and step-by-step project scoping
- Replit Design with an infinite Canvas surface — pan-and-zoom frames for mockups, web and mobile apps, slides and vector art, with a Build toggle that turns a design frame into a running app (Core or Pro)
- Intelligent Model Routing selects best-fit model per task for cost and quality
- Built-in full-stack infrastructure: Authentication, PostgreSQL Database, Hosting, and Monitoring
- Self-testing checkpoints and database rollback up to 28 days for safe iteration
- Multi-artifact projects that share a single backend across web, mobile, slides, and designs
Where it lives
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Sources & media
- Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B · TechCrunch
- Replit hits $3B valuation on $150M annualized revenue · TechCrunch
- Replit pricing and plans · Replit Docs (official)
- Replit Agent overview · Replit Docs (official)
- Replit Design — Canvas · Replit Docs (official)
- Replit — official company page · Replit (official)
- Replit — Wikipedia · Wikipedia
- Introducing Replit Agent 4
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