Replit cuts staff by 30 amid aggressive AI push in software development

I&#x27;m very confused what Replit&#x27;s business model these days actually is. Their landing page says &quot;Build software faster&quot;, and mentions some AI development&#x2F;deployment platform. What is the actual product? Is it an IDE or something more like Heroku? Above the fold they show an example of some order form prototype. What am I supposed to take away from that? Why would I use a service for prototyping instead of my regular dev environment?<p>I don&#x27;t mean to be harsh, but I&#x27;m really confused (and others probably are to) what they are actually selling.

It might be authentic in this case, but I expect a lot of people will use this story to frame layoffs as positive instead of a sign of weak performance.

Amjad&#x27;s way of delivering bad news was very humane, and to the point. The post-separation benefits are also pretty good.<p>He did a very good job.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;amasad&#x2F;status&#x2F;1791155645091283311" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;amasad&#x2F;status&#x2F;1791155645091283311</a>

The difference between today and a few years ago is that a few years ago net new headcount would be allocated for whatever strategic decision is being made where as today people in roles that aren&#x27;t critical to the new strategic direction are exited to make space for heads that are vital to the outcomes of that decision.

I was expecting this to be the typical euphemistic lawyer-speak but I&#x27;m positively surprised as much as the news suck<p>The staff is being reduced by 30 people, not 30%. And they&#x27;re getting a good severance package.

Nothing says &quot;making an aggressive push&quot; like reducing headcount.