Replit named Microsoft for Startups Partner of the Year for 2026

Recognition for Replit's Microsoft collaboration

Replit said it was honored among a global field of Microsoft partners for innovation and the implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. The company was recognized for providing solutions and services in Microsoft for Startups.

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize partners delivering customer outcomes through Microsoft Cloud, AI, services and devices. This year's winners and finalists were chosen from more than 4,500 nominations across categories and geographies worldwide.

Nicole Dezen, Microsoft's Chief Partner Officer and Corporate Vice President, congratulated the winners and finalists. In a statement included in the announcement, Dezen said the honorees are using Microsoft Cloud and AI to deliver solutions, accelerate customer success and expand what organizations can do.

Combining AI software creation with enterprise tools

Replit's collaboration with Microsoft combines Replit's AI-powered software creation with Microsoft's cloud infrastructure, enterprise data and tools. According to Replit, the combination is intended to help businesses build applications while maintaining security, governance and control.

Jeff Burke, Replit's VP of Partnerships, said the company's mission is to give everyone the ability to build software without learning to code. He described the partnership as making it easier for companies to build and deploy software with the cloud infrastructure and enterprise tools they already rely on.

Burke also connected the work to Replit's vision of the “self-driving company,” where people set direction and AI agents handle more of the execution. The statement presents the award as recognition of the partnership's current work, rather than as an announcement of a separate product or release.

What the award means for Replit users and customers

For businesses using Replit, the announcement points to a focus on building applications within an enterprise environment that includes Microsoft's infrastructure, data and tools. Replit says this approach is designed to preserve security, governance and control as companies use AI-powered software creation.

Replit describes itself as an agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications without learning code. The company says it has more than 60 million users worldwide, including users at 85% of Fortune 500 companies. Teams at Atlassian, Accenture, Adobe and Databricks use Replit to build apps, according to the company.

The awards were announced ahead of Microsoft Ignite, which will be held in San Francisco from November 17-20. Replit was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in London and Tokyo.