Google uses AI vibecoder Replit to challenge Anthropic and Cursor

google Cloud on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership with artificial intelligence coding startup Replit, giving the search giant new leverage against rival coding products such as Anthropic and Cursor.

Under this partnership, Replit will expand its use of Google Cloud services, add more Google models to its platform, and support AI coding use cases for enterprise customers.

Google will continue to be Replit’s primary cloud provider.

Founded nearly 10 years ago, Replit is a leader in the rapidly growing AI vibecoding space.

In September, the company announced it had closed a $250 million funding round, nearly tripled its valuation to $3 billion, and increased its annual revenue from $2.8 million to $150 million in less than a year.

New data from Ramp, a fintech company that also tracks corporate spending on its platform, shows that Replit has the fastest increase in new customers among software vendors. Meanwhile, Google is adding new customers and spending on Ramp’s platform faster than any other company.

Taken together, it becomes clearer why both companies see an opportunity.

Vibecoding emerged as a phenomenon earlier this year after AI models became more adept at generating code using only natural language prompts, allowing users with little programming experience to use AI to create working code and, in some cases, complete applications.

Anthropic announced Tuesday that its product Claude Code has reached $1 billion in run-rate revenue. Coding startup Cursor closed a funding round in November that valued it at $29.3 billion, while also announcing annual revenue of $1 billion.

Replit, which touts itself as an easy-to-use product for non-developers, could help accelerate adoption of Google Cloud in enterprises and expand the reach of AI efforts beyond traditional engineers.

Google is riding high with its new top-scoring model Gemini 3. Alphabet’s stock price has risen more than 12% since its debut.