Replit CEO says company has dropped Anthropic for OpenAI, but insiders dispute the claim

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    "url": "https://news.lavx.hu/article/replit-ceo-says-company-has-dropped-anthropic-for-openai-but-insiders-dispute-the-claim",
    "title": "Replit CEO says company has dropped Anthropic for OpenAI, but insiders dispute the claim - news.lavx.hu",
    "excerpt": "Replit CEO Amjad Masad said at TechCrunch Disrupt that the AI coding platform has ended its partnership with Anthropic in favor of OpenAI, citing cost, performance, and partnership quality. However, sources familiar with the relationship say the Anthropic partnership remains active, and Replit's own recent blog posts and social media show continued use of Claude models. Replit has ended its partnership with Anthropic and moved to OpenAI, CEO Amjad Masad said Thursday onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt. The decision came down to cost, partnership dynamics, and model performance, Masad said, adding that internal benchmarks show OpenAI's models outperform Anthropic's on building applications from scratch. \"I think ChatGPT is better now,\" Masad said. \"We publish a public benchmark as well, and consistently, Sol and Astra perform better on building vibe-coded applications from scratch. It was a decision based on both cost, partnership, and performance. And for all these reasons, we just felt like they were a better partner for now.\" Replit announced its OpenAI partnership in August but had not previously signaled a break with Anthropic. Under the Anthropic deal, Replit used Claude models to power its cloud-based development platform, a relationship that helped drive significant revenue growth. Sources familiar with the Anthropic-Replit relationship dispute Masad's characterization. One...",
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