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Big Technology Podcast

Vibe Coding: Everything You Need To Know — With Amjad Masad

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7596 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Amjad Masad is the CEO of Replit. Masad joins Big Technology podcast for a frank discussion about vibe coding, or building software via prompt. We discuss all the use cases, whether anyone can do it or whether it's just a tool for already-technical builders, whether vibe coding replaces saas, and what the role of the engineer becomes in the future. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss whether the AI coding business is sustainable given the costs of delivering the technology. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Capital One's tech team isn't just talking about multi-agentic AI. They already deployed one.

0:06.5

It's called chat concierge, and it's simplifying car shopping. Using self-reflection and layered

0:12.6

reasoning with live API checks, it doesn't just help buyers find a car they love. It helps schedule

0:19.4

a test drive, get pre-approved for financing, and estimate trade and value.

0:24.9

Advanced, intuitive, and deployed. That's how they stack. That's technology at Capital One.

0:31.6

Don't go into this thinking you can just have prompt and have an application pop up at the other end, at least

0:38.4

set an afternoon to give it some good effort and try to get like your first app in.

0:44.9

And once you do that, you just get evicted.

0:47.1

I have the stat here that Replit has multiplied by, it's revenue by 10x in less than six

0:53.6

months to 100 million in annual recurring

0:56.3

revenue. Is that growth vibe coding or is that growth AI coding?

1:00.1

Vibcoating.

1:01.0

Is AI coding just a hobby or the beginning of a technological revolution that empowers

1:06.1

everyone to build? Our guest today, I'm Jad Masad, the CEO of Replit, has some answers, and we're here

1:12.4

in Replit headquarters in Foster City to speak with him. I'm Jod, great to see you. Welcome to the show.

1:17.6

Thank you. I'm excited to be on the show. So we're going to talk today about vibe coding and

1:21.3

AI coding, which are two similar but different things. I first wanted to speak with you about

1:26.4

vibe coding, which is effectively you write a prompt

1:29.2

and then the AI goes ahead and build software for you.

1:33.1

This is something that Replit enables.

1:35.2

This is something I've tried.

1:36.7

What are some of the use cases that you're finding people are actually having effective

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