Answer snags $9B counting 6 months after hitting $3B

Vibe-coding sensation Replit has reached another financial milestone. The company he announced On Wednesday it raised $400 million Series D at a cost of $9 billion, led by former investor Georgian Partners. Other participating investors include G Squared, Prysm Capital, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, Craft Ventures, Y Combinator, Accenture Ventures, Okta Ventures, and Databricks Ventures.

Founder and CEO Amjad Masad also said in the post on X Supporters include guardian angels Shaquille O’Neal and Jared Leto.

This follows a $3 billion investment that began in Septemberwhen he earned 250 million dollars. At the time, Replit said it was on track for $150 million in annual revenue. Replit did not release the latest ARR figures, but the company did Forbes it expects to hit annual revenue of $1 billion by the end of the year.

Although Replit’s recent rise has been meteoric, Masad previously told TechCrunch that it took nine years to digest – and the controversial decision to switch from professional developers to non-programmers – to get off the ground.