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Replit has acquired Atta, an AI-powered business analysis workspace, bringing its data-analysis and charting technology directly into Replit's platform. Users can upload or connect a dataset and ask Replit Agent to investigate a question or generate a visualization without writing SQL. The move reflects a broader shift toward folding business analysis into the same environment used to build and operate software.
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