Replit co‑founder on StrictlyVC panel
Replit’s co‑founder is scheduled to appear at StrictlyVC San Francisco on April 30 alongside leaders from TDK Ventures, giving founders a public chance to hear Replit’s strategy directly from its leadership. The panel listing was published April 14 in advance of the event. (techcrunch.com)
Replit co-founder and chief executive Amjad Masad is scheduled to speak at StrictlyVC San Francisco on April 30, putting one of artificial intelligence coding’s highest-profile founders onstage in public. (techcrunch.com) TechCrunch’s event page lists Masad for a 20-minute session titled “Building the Platform Where AI Writes the Code,” starting at 6:40 p.m. at the Sentro Filipino Cultural Center in San Francisco. Tickets were listed at $180, and the page says the event is limited-capacity and open only to attendees 21 and older. (techcrunch.com) The April 14 event post said Masad will appear alongside TDK Ventures president Nicolas Sauvage and Forum AI co-founder and chief executive Campbell Brown. TechCrunch said one additional speaker had not yet been announced as of April 14. (techcrunch.com) The appearance lands five weeks after Replit said it raised $400 million at a $9 billion valuation on March 11. TechCrunch reported the round valued Replit at three times its $3 billion valuation from six months earlier. (blog.replit.com, techcrunch.com) That funding surge put Replit near the center of a fight over “vibe coding,” the idea that users describe software in plain English and an artificial intelligence system generates much of the code. TechCrunch’s event preview said Masad is expected to discuss that shift and the pressure from rivals including OpenAI and Anthropic. (techcrunch.com) StrictlyVC is a TechCrunch event series built around onstage interviews and investor-founder networking. The April 30 agenda shows check-in at 5 p.m., stage interviews from 6 p.m. to 7:20 p.m., and a networking block that runs until 9 p.m. (techcrunch.com) TDK Ventures is not just a guest on this program; it is also the host and title sponsor. TechCrunch’s event page says the firm manages $500 million across four funds, and TDK Ventures said when it launched Fund 3 in April 2025 that the new vehicle brought total assets under management to $500 million. (techcrunch.com, tdk-ventures.com) Masad’s slot gives founders and investors a dated checkpoint on how Replit wants to explain its business after that March financing: not just as an online coding tool, but as a platform where artificial intelligence handles more of the programming work. On April 30, that pitch moves from funding announcements to a live room in San Francisco. (amasad.me, techcrunch.com)
