Replit CEO Amjad Masad Envisions the AI Self-Driving Company

Summary

Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad said on Thursday in San Francisco that more reliable AI agents have transformed the company’s operations over the past year, creating what he calls a “self-driving company.” Agents perform much of the routine work while employees focus on judgment, taste, architecture and deciding what to build. His comments were published October 16, 2026.

Replit’s support workflow illustrates the model. An agent initially triages each ticket by examining GitHub issues, the codebase and Linear tickets, then gives a person the context needed to choose a response. If that employee approves a patch, one click deploys another agent to implement it, leaving human judgment inside an otherwise agent-driven loop. Masad said this shifts jobs rather than removes them, producing more discussion, whiteboarding and architectural planning. Replit’s business customers are similarly exploring whether agents can raise productivity and satisfaction by replacing boring tasks with more creative work, although Masad warned that much of America and the world remains unprepared for the change.