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Replit ends Anthropic partnership, citing better performance and cost with OpenAI

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Replit's CEO, Amjad Masad, announced that the company has ended its partnership with Anthropic, citing cost, performance, and a better fit with OpenAI's models. Masad stated that Replit's internal benchmarks showed OpenAI's models, specifically Sol and Astra, outperformed Anthropic's Claude Fable-5 and Claude Fable 5-1 for building applications. Despite Masad's claims, sources familiar with the partnership indicated it was still active, with evidence suggesting Replit used Anthropic products as recently as September. AI

IMPACT This shift may influence other developers to re-evaluate their AI model choices based on performance and cost.

RANK_REASON A company is changing its AI model provider, impacting its product offering.

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Replit ends Anthropic partnership, citing better performance and cost with OpenAI

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. TechCrunch AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Lucas Ropek, Kirsten Korosec ·

    Replit is no longer working with Anthropic, CEO says

    Replit CEO and co-founder Amjad Masad made the comments during TechCrunch Disrupt 2026.

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