Replit, a developer platform, has secured $97.4 million in funding at a post-money valuation of $1.16 billion, led by Andreessen Horowitz's Growth Fund. The company plans to use the funds to enhance its development experience, expand cloud services, and drive innovation in AI and LLMs through Ghostwriter, its generative AI tool for software development. Replit aims to empower a billion software developers with its platform, which has grown to 22.5 million users from over 200 countries. The company's innovations include a cloud-based development environment, collaborative experience, and AI-powered tools like Ghostwriter, which speeds up developer productivity by over 30%. Replit has partnered with Google, providing access to its services and foundation models, further reducing the time to launch software on the platform.