Replit Agent uses Claude on Vertex AI to let users build and deploy apps in minutes

Replit adopted Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet on Vertex AI to power Replit Agent, which turns natural-language prompts into working applications by handling environment setup, code generation and editing, testing, and deployment. Replit also uses Gemini 1.5 Flash for additional AI features and runs supporting infrastructure on Google Cloud including Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, and BigQuery.

Organization
Replit
Industry
Tech & Comms
Published
June 2026

Reported outcomes

35,000,000 developers

developers supportedOther quantified impact

100,000 applicationsapplications supported

Strategic outcomes

Other strategic outcomeEnabled app creation and deployment in minutesCost efficiencyKept customer fees reasonable and predictableNew business modelAccelerated the path from idea to business

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Use case focus

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  • 1Developer productivity
  • 2Software modernization
Make transforming natural-language ideas into working applications easier for users, including non-developers, by handling environment setup, code generation/editing, testing, and deployment.
  • Replit Agent uses Claude 3.5 Sonnet on Vertex AI to set up the development environment, generate code and files, chain multiple requests, edit and refactor code, test the application, and deploy to Google Cloud with a few clicks.
  • Gemini 1.5 Flash powers Replit Assistant alongside the agent to help users improve code, fix errors, and build new features.
  • Replit reports that users can create and deploy applications within minutes.
  • Replit says the platform supports more than 35 million developers and over 100,000 applications, and that Google Cloud provides reliability, scalability, and predictable costs.
Architecture

Replit Agent is powered by Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet running on Vertex AI. The agent takes natural-language prompts, sets up the development environment, generates and refactors code and files, tests the application, and deploys it to Google Cloud. Replit also uses Gemini 1.5 Flash for Replit Assistant and runs supporting services on Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, and BigQuery.

Implementation partners1
Sources & evidence1
Groundedness: 4/5Type: Customer StoryPublished: Jun 6, 2026Publisher: Google CloudEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High

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