Masad: Replit users see 30% to 50% productivity boost on coding
Amjad Masad · No Priors Ep. 33 | With Replit's CEO & Co-Founder Amjad Masad · Sep 21, 2023 · at 6:37
Amjad Masad (CEO and co-founder of Replit) discusses the real-world productivity impact of AI code-generation tools like Ghostwriter.
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“Based on our research of how people are using our products. We think it's 30 to 50% more productivity on coding itself.”
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