{
  "title": "Replit to Acquire Chroma, the Open-Source Database Behind Context for AI Agents",
  "publisher": "Acquiry Deal Intelligence",
  "author": "Joash Boyton",
  "url": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/",
  "published": "2026-10-25T09:00:00Z",
  "updated": "2026-10-25T09:00:00Z",
  "licence": "Free to reference with attribution to Acquiry Deal Intelligence and a link to the source URL.",
  "rows": [
    {
      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-downloads",
      "label": "Open-source Chroma downloads a month",
      "value": "6M",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "As stated in Chroma’s announcement.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/#stat-downloads"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-stars",
      "label": "GitHub stars, just shy of",
      "value": "30k",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "As stated in Chroma’s announcement.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/#stat-stars"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-users",
      "label": "Replit users",
      "value": "50M+",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "From Replit’s 11 March 2026 funding post.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/#stat-users"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-figures",
      "id": "stat-fortune",
      "label": "Of the Fortune 500 with users on Replit",
      "value": "85%",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "From Replit’s 11 March 2026 funding post.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/#stat-fortune"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-1",
      "label": "Agreement",
      "value": "Definitive agreement",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Chroma has signed a definitive agreement to join Replit, announced 23 October 2026.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-2",
      "label": "Open-source scale",
      "value": "6M downloads / month",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Open-source Chroma, just shy of 30k GitHub stars.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-3",
      "label": "Buyer valuation",
      "value": "$9 billion",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Set when Replit raised $400 million on 11 March 2026.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/"
    },
    {
      "dataset": "key-facts",
      "id": "fact-4",
      "label": "Cloud transition",
      "value": "60 days",
      "provenance": "disclosed",
      "note": "Chroma Cloud becomes read-only on 22 November and stops serving reads on 22 December 2026.",
      "sources": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit | https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down | https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "permalink": "https://www.acquiry.com/deal-intelligence/replit-to-acquire-chroma/"
    }
  ],
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      "id": "s1",
      "title": "Chroma is joining Replit",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/chroma-joins-replit",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "23 October 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-10-23",
      "kind": "Company announcement"
    },
    {
      "id": "s2",
      "title": "Chroma Cloud wind-down timeline",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/cloud-wind-down",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "23 October 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-10-23",
      "kind": "Company notice"
    },
    {
      "id": "s3",
      "title": "Replit + Chroma",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/replit",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "28 March 2023",
      "isoDate": "2023-03-28",
      "kind": "Company announcement"
    },
    {
      "id": "s4",
      "title": "Foundation",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/foundation",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "Retrieved 25 October 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-10-25",
      "kind": "Product page"
    },
    {
      "id": "s5",
      "title": "Chroma raises $18M seed round",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/blog/seed",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "7 April 2023",
      "isoDate": "2023-04-07",
      "kind": "Company announcement"
    },
    {
      "id": "s6",
      "title": "Context Rot",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/research/context-rot",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "14 July 2025",
      "isoDate": "2025-07-14",
      "kind": "Technical report"
    },
    {
      "id": "s7",
      "title": "Context-1",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/research/context-1",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "26 March 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-03-26",
      "kind": "Technical report"
    },
    {
      "id": "s8",
      "title": "Replit raises $400 million at a $9 billion valuation",
      "href": "https://replit.com/blog/replit-raises-400-million-dollars",
      "publisher": "Replit",
      "date": "11 March 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-03-11",
      "kind": "Company announcement"
    },
    {
      "id": "s9",
      "title": "Introducing Replit Agent 4: Built for Creativity",
      "href": "https://replit.com/blog/introducing-agent-4-built-for-creativity",
      "publisher": "Replit",
      "date": "11 March 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-03-11",
      "kind": "Company announcement"
    },
    {
      "id": "s10",
      "title": "Chroma: open-source search infrastructure for AI",
      "href": "https://www.trychroma.com/",
      "publisher": "Chroma",
      "date": "Retrieved 25 October 2026",
      "isoDate": "2026-10-25",
      "kind": "Company website"
    }
  ]
}