I think they are just hitting the consumer market hard. I have friends who have never coded & are using Replit. That said, not a single one of them has launched.
I can second this. I'm an online coding instructor and within our company Replit was the website/environment we were told to use with our students. I really didn't like it due to all the AI features (I believe that when you're learning to code you shouldn't use LLMs) but the collaboration features were really good.
Unfortunately they added a limit to the number of collaborators per account and we had to stop using it.
Replit has been around for years, has real users, and now reportedly real revenue
That doesn't necessitate a fair valuation.
My bet is they sold lots if data for llm training
I think they are just hitting the consumer market hard. I have friends who have never coded & are using Replit. That said, not a single one of them has launched.
I can second this. I'm an online coding instructor and within our company Replit was the website/environment we were told to use with our students. I really didn't like it due to all the AI features (I believe that when you're learning to code you shouldn't use LLMs) but the collaboration features were really good.
Unfortunately they added a limit to the number of collaborators per account and we had to stop using it.