Along the way, Replit built sophisticated infrastructure for cloud development environments and “multiplayer coding,” collaborative editing akin to Google Docs but for programming. But the technical achievement wasn’t translating into revenue growth, and by last year, with the company at 130 employees and burning through cash, Masad said he had to make a painful decision. “I looked at our burn, and I looked at our progress on our revenue chart, and it just didn’t make any sense. The business wasn’t viable.” ...