Experimenting with AI vibe-coding

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  January 16, 2026 at 19:41  |  2:38  |  CNBC
Speakers
Deirdre Bosa — Anchor/Reporter, CNBC Tech Check
Amjad Masad — CEO, Replit

Summary

Deirdre Bosa demonstrates how she used Anthropic's Claude to build a functional earnings-analysis app with no technical experience, calling it a ChatGPT-like inflection moment for software investors. The app ranks recent Mag-7 earnings calls by executive evasiveness, with Meta/Zuckerberg most evasive and Microsoft least evasive. She also speaks with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, who argues that agent-ready platforms with APIs/MCP servers will thrive while closed companies disappear. The segment focuses on AI vibe-coding capabilities and sector implications rather than explicit stock picks.

  • Deirdre Bosa experimented with Anthropic's Claude and vibe-coding tools.
  • She built a functional earnings-analysis app from a few prompts without technical experience.
  • The app ranks recent Mag-7 earnings calls by executive evasiveness.
  • Meta/Zuckerberg scored most evasive; Microsoft scored least evasive.
  • Deirdre framed the moment as a ChatGPT-like inflection for software investors.
  • Replit CEO Amjad Masad said agent-ready, API/MCP-open platforms will survive and thrive.
  • No explicit public-market trade recommendations were made.
Ideas
Deirdre Bosa Anchor/Reporter, CNBC Tech Check 0:56
AI coding is software inflection
Deirdre, with zero technical experience, built a fully functional earnings-analysis tool from a few prompts using Anthropic's Claude, and calls this a ChatGPT-like inflection moment for software investors. She says they should be paying attention because AI vibe-coding can change how software is built and analyzed.
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