Amjad Masad spoke out for Palestine. Silicon Valley ghosted him

This week on “Pacific Standard Time,” Replit CEO Amjad Masad tells us about the intense backlash he has faced for being outspokenly pro-Palestine — and Silicon Valley’s “only contrarian.” And Casey Newton of Platformer and the “Hard Fork” podcast drops by to gab about getting engaged and his reaction to Wired’s “gay tech mafia” story. More reading: He was called a ‘terrorist sympathizer.’ Now his AI company is valued at $3B Q&A: What it’s like to have AI coworkers, according to Replit CEO Amjad Masad For more information and episode transcripts, visit ⁠⁠sfstandard.com/pacific-standard-time⁠⁠. Support this podcast from The San Francisco Standard by becoming a member: ⁠www.sfstandard.com/member⁠.