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Amjad Masad

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Replit · Founding Engineer at Codecademy

Foster City, CA

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedReplit$9B · YC

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Amjad Masad co-founded Replit in 2016 and turned the browser REPL he open-sourced from Amman years earlier into the AI coding platform valued at $9 billion in its March 2026 Series D — with revenue that ran from $2.8M to $150M in under a year as 'vibe coding' took off. A Jordanian of Palestinian heritage who graduated from Princess Sumaya University, he was Codecademy's founding engineer (his jsrepl powered its in-browser tutorials), then ran Facebook's JavaScript infrastructure team through the React Native era. He co-founded Replit with his wife, designer Haya Odeh, and his brother Faris.

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Beyond investing

Founded
Masad co-founded Replit in 2016 with his wife Haya Odeh and his brother Faris. Built the open-source browser REPL (jsrepl) around 2011 that front-paged Hacker News and powered Codecademy's and Udacity's tutorials — five years before incorporating Replit.
Education
Studied at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (Computer Science)
Communities
Moved from Jordan to the US in 2012 for Codecademy after a stint at Yahoo's Middle East operation post-Maktoob acquisition.
Awards
Honored by his alma mater, Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman, as a distinguished graduate.
Family
Masad was born and raised in Amman, Jordan, in a family with Palestinian heritage; his father was a civil engineer from a Palestinian refugee background. Co-founded Replit with his wife Haya Odeh, Replit's head of design, and his brother Faris Masad.
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Founding engineer (employee #1) at Codecademy from 2011 to 2013. Ran Facebook's JavaScript infrastructure team (2013–2016), including work on React Native and open-source JS tooling. Angel investor in ~38 startups, including Synthesia and Runway.

Mentioned above: the Codecademy mafia → · the Princess Sumaya University for Technology mafia →

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Founder at ReplitYC W18

Intro paths

YC

Amjad went through Y Combinator (Winter 2018) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Replit's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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Replit's investors · 71

137 VenturesSan Francisco · since 20221789 CapitalPalm Beach · since 20267BC Venture CapitalSan Francisco · since 2022A.Capital VenturesSan Francisco · since 2022Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checks · since 2022Accenture VenturesSan Francisco · since 2026AIspace VenturesSilicon Valley · since 2022Allied Venture PartnersCalgary · $100K – $350K checks · since 2022Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2026American Express Ventures (Amex)Amex VenturesPalo Alto · since 2025Amino CapitalPalo Alto · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2022ARK Investment ManagementSt. Petersburg · since 2022Balaji Srinivasan$10K – $500K checks · since 2022Bloomberg BetaSan Francisco · $25K – $1M checks · since 2023Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2023Contrarian Thinking Capitalsince 2022ContrarySan Francisco · $2M checks · since 2022Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checks · since 2022Databricks VenturesSan Francisco · since 2022Disrupt.comsince 2022Dragon CapitalFremont · since 2022Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checks · since 2025Factory EntertainmentLos AngelesFeld VenturesMiamiFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2022FellowsCampbell · since 2022Flex Capital PartnersSan Francisco · $500K – $2M checks · since 2022Fuel Venture CapitalMiami · $250K – $10M checks · since 2022G SquaredChicago · since 2022Galdana VenturesBarcelona · since 2022GeorgianToronto, Ontario · $25M – $100M checks · since 2025Goldman SachsNew York · since 2018ICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checks · since 2022ID8 InvestmentsNew York · since 2022Insiders VenturesSt. Helier · since 2022Jared Letosince 2026Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $20M checks · since 2022Kindred VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checks · since 2022King River CapitalSydney · since 2022M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Mission and MarketSan Francisco · since 2022Momentum CapitalNewark · since 2022NeoSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022Notable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checks · since 2022Okta VenturesSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checks · since 2026Outliers VCSan Francisco · since 2022Partners ResoluteChicago · since 2022Prysm CapitalSan Francisco · since 2022Qatar Investment AuthorityDoha · since 2026Reach CapitalSan Francisco · $100K – $12M checks · since 2022Red Glass VenturesMenlo Park · since 2022Riverbend CapitalWashington · since 2022S VenturesMountain View · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $100K – $50M checksShorooq PartnersAbu DhabiSouth Park CommonsSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks · since 2022Standard CapitalSan Francisco · since 2022Sur Ventures$50K – $700K checks · since 2022SV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks · since 2022The E14 FundCambridge · $1M – $5M checks · since 2022Top Tier Capital PartnersSan Francisco · since 2022Unruly CapitalLondon · since 2022Varanium Capital AdvisorsMumbai · since 2022Ventioneers CapitalOakville · since 2022Vibe CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $500K checks · since 2022WAGMI Venturessince 2022WealthUnion$10K checks · since 2022WefunderSan Francisco · since 2022Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2018

Co-founders at Replit

HAHaya Abdalla
Haya AbdallaFounder
HOHaya Odeh
Haya OdehFounder
FM
Faris MasadFounder
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designerFounder

Founding Engineer at CodecademyYC S11

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YC

Codecademy went through Y Combinator (Summer 2011) — Amjad is part of the company, so any YC alum in your network can reach them through the company's founders.

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Codecademy's investors · 20

Bloomberg BetaSan Francisco · $25K – $1M checksBowery CapitalNew York · $1M – $2M checksCollaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checks · since 2011Flybridge Capital PartnersNew York · $250K – $10M checksFounder CollectiveCambridge · since 2011Imagine K12Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checksKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksOATVSan FranciscoOwl VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checksProsus VenturesAmsterdamSam AltmanSlow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checksSocial Capital PartnershipPalo Alto · since 2011SV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checks · since 2011Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2011Tuesday CapitalSan Francisco · since 2011Union Square Ventures (USV)New York · $1M – $8M checks · since 2011Vivi NevoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2011

Co-founders at Codecademy

ZSZach Sims
Zach SimsFounder
RB
Ryan BubinskiFounder

Experience

  1. ReplitCEOcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. ReplitHead of Engineering2022 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  3. FacebookSoftware Engineer2013 — 2016SF
  4. CodecademyFounding Engineer2011 — 2013NYC
  5. Yahoo!Software Engineer2011Amman, Jordan
  6. Untitled labsFront end Developer2010 — 2011Amman, Jordan
  7. wikikiwisWeb Developer2010Amman, Jordan
  8. Boss Consulting SAWeb Developer & Security Specialist2009
  9. Arcadia Software DevelopmentWeb Developer2008
  10. Arcadia Software DevelopmentIT Specialist2006 — 2008Amman, Jordan

Skills & more

JavaScript36PHP32HTML19Java12CSS28Python13jQuery46MySQL7Front-end Development3AJAX3YUI2XHTML1
+12 moreHTML5Visual BasicWindowsDrupalWeb DevelopmentLAMPWeb ApplicationsProgrammingMVCFront-endUser InterfaceOOP

From Amjad's professional profile.

Investments

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Podcasts & interviews

featuring Amjad Masad

The Future of Software Creation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad

AI Startup School

Replit CEO Amjad Masad: Coding Agents, Autonomy, and the Future of Work

The Breakdown

The secret lever Replit pulled to scale ahead of its competition

In Depth (First Round) · review.firstround.com

Why AI Will Lead to Thousands of Billionaires

20VC · thetwentyminutevc.com

Now Anyone Can Code: How AI Agents Can Build Your Whole App

Lightcone

Replit Co-Founders, Amjad Masad & Haya Odeh

The Social Radars · open.spotify.com

Network26

Balaji SrinivasanScout
Angel investor and founder of The Network School
Ashton KutcherScout
Co-founder of Sound Ventures; launching a new deep-tech venture firm with Morgan Beller
Drew HoustonScout
Co-founder & CEO of Dropbox
Arash FerdowsiScout
Co-founder of Dropbox
Tobias LütkeScout
Co-founder & CEO of Shopify
Abdul LyScout
Investor at Initialized Capital
Adam D'AngeloScout
Angel
Aditya AgarwalScout
Partner at South Park Commons
Amrit SaxenaScout
CEO at SaxeCap Advisors
Andy PriceScout
Founder, General Partner at Artisanal Ventures
Anu HariharanScout
General Partner at avra
Azeem AzharScout
Investor at Xtripe Angels
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Frequently asked questions

Who is Amjad Masad?
Amjad Masad co-founded Replit in 2016 and turned the browser REPL he open-sourced from Amman years earlier into the AI coding platform valued at $9 billion in its March 2026 Series D — with revenue that ran from $2.8M to $150M in under a year as 'vibe coding' took off. A Jordanian of Palestinian heritage who graduated from Princess Sumaya University, he was Codecademy's founding engineer (his jsrepl powered its in-browser tutorials), then ran Facebook's JavaScript infrastructure team through the React Native era. He co-founded Replit with his wife, designer Haya Odeh, and his brother Faris.
Where does Amjad Masad work?
Amjad Masad is Founder of Replit and Founding Engineer at Codecademy.
What check size does Amjad Masad write?
Amjad Masad typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Amjad Masad found?
Amjad Masad founded Replit.
What companies has Amjad Masad invested in?
Investments tracked here include Codec, Draftbit, EzDubs, GitStart, Helicarrier (prev Buycoins), hillclimb, kapa.ai, Limrun, Playabl.ai, PlayAI, RMFG, Superagent, and 2 more.
Where did Amjad Masad go to school?
Amjad Masad studied at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (BSc, Computer Science); Mashrek International School (IGCSE, Math).
What awards has Amjad Masad received?
Honored by his alma mater, Princess Sumaya University for Technology in Amman, as a distinguished graduate.
What podcasts and interviews feature Amjad Masad?
Tracked appearances include "The Future of Software Creation with Replit CEO Amjad Masad", "Replit CEO Amjad Masad: Coding Agents, Autonomy, and the Future of Work", "The secret lever Replit pulled to scale ahead of its competition", and 3 more.

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