Amjad Masad (Arabic: أمجد مسعد; born 1987 or 1988[1]) is a Jordanian-American entrepreneur and software engineer. He is the founder and CEO of Replit. Before Replit, Masad worked at Facebook, overseeing the JavaScript infrastructure team and also as a founding engineer at Codecademy.[2]
Early life
editCareer
editMasad is a computer science graduate from Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Jordan.[5] After moving from Jordan, he worked various jobs in Silicon Valley, including a stint as a software engineer at Facebook from October 2013 to April 2016. Before Facebook, Masad was a founding engineer at Codecademy from November 2011 to October 2013.[6][7]
In 2016, he co-founded Replit. It was established as an online integrated development environment (IDE) by Masad, his wife Haya Odeh, and his brother Faris.[5]
References
edit- ↑ MacColl, Margaux (17 January 2026). "He was called a 'terrorist sympathizer.' Now his AI company is valued at $3B". The San Francisco Standard.
- ↑ Ted AI San Francisco - Amjad Masad, retrieved 3 July 2025
- ↑ How Amjad Masad Envisions Internet-Free Coding for Developers with Replit, retrieved 3 July 2025
- ↑ Github and Open-source Is a Boon for the Underprivileged, retrieved 3 July 2025
- 1 2 CEO of Replit, Amjad Masad, retrieved 3 July 2025
- ↑ Amjad Masad - Biography, retrieved 3 July 2025
- ↑ Nieva, Richard (11 March 2026). "Meet The $9 Billion AI Company Reimagining Vibe Coding". Forbes.