Most startup stories follow a predictable script: raise massive rounds, burn through cash, raise more money, repeat until IPO or implosion.
Replit's journey reads more like a case study in doing the exact opposite - and somehow ending up with a billion-dollar developer ecosystem that actually makes sense.
In an era when companies were taking on venture debt like it was free money (spoiler: it wasn't), Replit bootstrapped their way to profitability and built something rare in Silicon Valley: a sustainable business that developers genuinely love.
Let's dig into how they pulled it off.
