{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"20Product: Replit CEO on Why Coding Models Are Plateauing | Why the SaaS Apocalypse is Justified: Will Incumbents Be Replaced? | Why IDEs Are Dead and Do PMs Survive the Next 3-5 Years with Amjad Masad","description":"Amjad Masad is the Co-Founder and CEO of Replit, one of the leading \u201cvibe-coding\u201d platforms. Under his leadership, Replit has raised a total of $922 million in funding, recently raising at a whopping $9 billion valuation. Replit has over 50 million registered users and is used by employees at 85% of Fortune 500 companies. Replit\u2019s revenue jumped from $10 million to $100 million in nine months, and the company is on track to reach $1BN in ARR by the end of 2026. AGENDA:&amp;nbsp; 00:00 \u2014 Why Coding Models are Hitting a Performance Plateau 07:21 \u2014 Is Most of the Value of Replit Not Anthropic Model Quality? 10:04 \u2014 Why Did Replit Decide to Not Build Their Own Model, Like Cursor Did? 11:58 \u2014 Why Product Quality Must Always Beat Cost Optimization 14:51 \u2014 How Do Replit Choose Which Model To Route To For Different Tasks? 24:43 \u2014 The SaaS Apocalypse: Why it is Fair and Just? 29:55 \u2014 What Will the Cost of Tokens Be in 5 Years? 31:09 \u2014 Is Cursor Dead? Debunking the Twitter Narrative 33:36 \u2014 Are IDEs Dead? 35:54 \u2014 Should Students Still Study Computer Science? 42:47 \u2014 Are US Companies Using CCP Subsidised Open-Source Chinese Models 56:59 \u2014 What Do No Founders Know About True Product-Market Fit &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thetwentyminutevc.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40997905\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/201130090"}