How Replit Is Enabling a New Wave of Million-Dollar Founders | Amjad Masad & Haya Odeh

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Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh discuss the evolution of Replit and its impact on new founders in the AI space.

Amjad Masad and Haya Odeh, cofounders of Replit, join South Park Commons Partners Aditya Agarwal and Ruchi Sanghvi to share what it really took to build one of AI’s most important platforms, and how it’s now enabling a new wave of million-dollar founders. Amjad breaks down why traditional ideas like ICP are breaking down in the age of AI, what’s actually changing under the hood of modern models, and why we may be reaching the limits of prompting. Haya shares the origin of “Seek Pain”—Replit’s most counterintuitive cultural principle—and how a relentless focus on what’s not working drives better products, faster learning, and stronger teams. Amjad Masad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amjadmasad/ Haya Odeh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haya-odeh-b0725928/ Ruchi Sanghvi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rsanghvi/ Aditya Agarwal: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityaagarwal3/ South Park Commons: https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/ Apply to SPC: https://www.southparkcommons.com/apply CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - Coming to America broke (and building anyway) (00:04:27) - Early Replit proof points kept the mission alive (00:07:02) - Cloud vs. local: why security tips the scales (00:10:09)…

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Hosts: Aditya Agarwal, Ruchi Sanghvi

Guests: Amjad Masad, Haya Odeh

Topics covered

• AI platforms
• entrepreneurship
• founder culture
• product development
• business strategy

Keywords

• Replit
• AI
• million-dollar founders
• Seek Pain
• product development
• entrepreneurship
• business strategy

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Organizations: Replit, South Park Commons

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