AI vibe-coding drives Google and Replit into a new partnership

Google Cloud announced a multi-year partnership with Replit, deepening ties as demand grows for AI tools that generate code from natural language prompts.

Replit will expand its use of Google Cloud services under the agreement. It will also add more Google models to its platform and support enterprise coding projects built with AI. Google will remain Replit’s main cloud provider.

Replit CEO Amjad Masad said the companies aim to make enterprise “vibe-coding” a standard workplace practice. He said the tools could allow employees in nontechnical roles to create software and collaborate more broadly across teams.

Replit was founded nearly ten years ago and has become a prominent name in the fast-growing vibe-coding market. The company raised $250 million in September, a round that nearly tripled its valuation to $3 billion. It said its annualized revenue climbed from $2.8 million to $150 million in under a year.

Data from fintech firm Ramp showed Replit had the fastest new customer growth among software vendors on its platform. Ramp also reported that Google is adding customers and spending at the quickest pace of any company it tracks.

The surge highlights why Google and Replit see momentum in the partnership. Both companies are positioning themselves as AI coding providers as competition intensifies.

Anthropic said this week its Claude Code product reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue. Cursor, another coding startup, secured a November funding round that valued it at $29.3 billion and reported $1 billion in annualized revenue.

Vibe-coding gained traction this year as AI systems improved at producing code from natural language instructions. The trend has broadened access to software creation for users with limited programming experience.

Google plans to extend the reach of its AI efforts through Replit’s user base. The company is promoting its Gemini 3 model, which recently posted top benchmark scores. Shares of Alphabet have risen more than 12% since the model’s launch.