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In 2009 Amjad was a CS student in Jordan who couldn't afford a laptop. Every day he walked 5 miles to an internet cafe and paid for a session to spent 60 minutes just installing tools. By the time he was ready to code, his time and money was up jfl.
All the while he saw his peers and American kids building apps and writing code all he could do is watch and admire but one thing you'll always see with these tech founders is that they are not the kind to sit quite and take it in.
And Amjad was no different so he decides to solve the problem why does code require expensive setups and hours of dependencies to run. Wju notput the entire IDE (Integrated Development Environment) inside a browser. Something that was never done before and no browser was even designed for
But he was determined and he hacked into his University computers and spent nights and weekends in his basement tirelessly trying to make programming languages run inside web browsers. By 2011, Amjad had a breakthrough. He figured out how to code directly in a browser and It went viral catching the attention of tech legend the creator of JavaScript himself
www.ycombinator.com
This led to a visa to silicon valley and a job at Facebook but Amjad continued his side project. He wasn't satisfied and wanted to scale it something trukt enterprise grade and eventually applied to Y Combinator but was rejected four times. VCs weren't interested in listening to a street kid from some third world country and Even when he finally got an interview, he was so frustrated that he "rickrolled" the partners. Yes this actually happend
And despite making fun of the VCs, his idea was accepted and with all the funding and engineering might of silicon valley. He transformed his simple coding editor into the now widely popular Replit
replit.com
A platform where anyone can write, run, and deploy apps with AI integration with zero setup and scale it worldwide. Today Replit has over 20+ million developers and in just a few weeks reached a staggering evaluation of over 3 billion dollars. The Hardware gap is closed. You can build a world-class Al on a $50 burner phone or a library computer due to replit. All because one man from Jordan refused to give up
lisawehden.substack.com
All the while he saw his peers and American kids building apps and writing code all he could do is watch and admire but one thing you'll always see with these tech founders is that they are not the kind to sit quite and take it in.
And Amjad was no different so he decides to solve the problem why does code require expensive setups and hours of dependencies to run. Wju notput the entire IDE (Integrated Development Environment) inside a browser. Something that was never done before and no browser was even designed for
But he was determined and he hacked into his University computers and spent nights and weekends in his basement tirelessly trying to make programming languages run inside web browsers. By 2011, Amjad had a breakthrough. He figured out how to code directly in a browser and It went viral catching the attention of tech legend the creator of JavaScript himself
Y Combinator
Y Combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. Four times a year we invest in a large number of startups.
This led to a visa to silicon valley and a job at Facebook but Amjad continued his side project. He wasn't satisfied and wanted to scale it something trukt enterprise grade and eventually applied to Y Combinator but was rejected four times. VCs weren't interested in listening to a street kid from some third world country and Even when he finally got an interview, he was so frustrated that he "rickrolled" the partners. Yes this actually happend
And despite making fun of the VCs, his idea was accepted and with all the funding and engineering might of silicon valley. He transformed his simple coding editor into the now widely popular Replit
Replit – Build apps and sites with AI
Build and deploy software collaboratively with the power of AI without spending a second on setup.
replit.com
A platform where anyone can write, run, and deploy apps with AI integration with zero setup and scale it worldwide. Today Replit has over 20+ million developers and in just a few weeks reached a staggering evaluation of over 3 billion dollars. The Hardware gap is closed. You can build a world-class Al on a $50 burner phone or a library computer due to replit. All because one man from Jordan refused to give up
Founder Story: Amjad Masad of Replit
From a young boy in Jordan without a computer to the CEO of a billion-dollar coding platform, Amjad Masad's journey is a testament to the power of perseverance and vision. His creation, Replit, is revolutionizing how people learn and collaborate on code, making software development accessible to...
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Amjad Masad - Replit CEO: From Jordan to Silicon Valley
Amjad Masad is the CEO and Co-Founder of Replit.
lisawehden.substack.com
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