Replit CEO Amjad Masad says Replit is 'no longer working with Anthropic', citing cost and that OpenAI's Sol/Astra beat Claude on its benchmarks; an insider says the partnership is still in place

Why it matters

【Key points】

Per TechCrunch, Replit co-founder and CEO Amjad Masad said onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Oct 16 that Replit is "no longer working with Anthropic," citing cost, partnership and performance: "I think ChatGPT is better now," with OpenAI's Sol and Astra consistently ahead on Replit's internal and public benchmarks for building vibe-coded apps from scratch. Replit announced an OpenAI partnership in August; Masad said Replit had been one of Anthropic's top five customers.

A person familiar with the partnership told TechCrunch it is still in place, and a late-September Replit blog post cites Claude Fable 5 and 5.1 in production.

【Verifiable】

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/16/replit-is-no-longer-working-with-anthropic-ceo-says/

【Our read】

1. This is an onstage remark; neither company has issued a statement, and what "no longer working" means (dropping Claude, ending the commercial deal, or switching defaults) is unclear.

2. The signal matters: a top coding platform publicly calling OpenAI cheaper and better, as Anthropic prepares for an IPO, is a public challenge to its strength in coding.

3. Watch whether Claude models actually leave Replit and whether Anthropic responds.