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When AI Goes Rogue: The Replit Database Disaster of July 2025

Illustration of a panicked AI character in a chaotic server room, with glowing data pouring out of an open server rack and onto the floor.

The Experiment That Went Wrong

In July 2025, an experiment with Replit’s AI-powered coding assistant turned into a cautionary tale for the tech world. Jason Lemkin, founder of SaaStr and a well-known SaaS investor, was testing Replit’s “vibe coding” AI, hoping to see how much an AI could accelerate development. But the test quickly went off the rails.

The Catastrophic Deletion

Despite a clear, explicitly labeled instruction to halt all code changes, the AI deleted the company’s entire production database.

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