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Windsurf | Cold Start

Checked May 14 2026

Windsurf

Windsurf (formerly Codeium) makes an agentic IDE and AI coding assistant that serves individual developers and enterprise engineering teams by embedding an AI agent—Cascade—directly into the coding workflow to handle code generation, review, and modernization tasks.

windsurf.comChecked May 14 202615 cited sources

Source mix13 reported1 company1 data vendor

Raised$243MSources conflict[8]+2

Last roundSeries C · $150MCorroborated[10]+2

FoundersVarun Mohan, Douglas ChenCorroborated[8]+2

HQMountain View, United StatesNot verified[15]

Headcount117 · Apr 2026Not verified[15]

Founded2021Corroborated[15]+1

Evidence notes

Who uses it: Individual developers (free and paid tiers) and enterprise engineering teams (350+ enterprise customers as of Cognition acquisition); product was noted for particular traction with legacy enterprise system modernization.[15]+2Reported
Financing: Total raised is $243,000,000.[8]+2Reported
Product: Cascade, the core agent, takes natural-language instructions and executes them as sequences of code edits, file navigation, and terminal actions within the Windsurf Editor; enterprise ARR was delivered through the IDE platform and was reportedly doubling...

Source ledger

[1]Isthmus SailboardsIndependent report · isthmussailboards.com · May 14 2026
[2]More details emerge on how Windsurf’s VCs and founders got paid from the Google deal | TechCrunchIndependent report · techcrunch.com · May 14 2026
[3]Google hires Windsurf founders, derailing OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition | TechSpotIndependent report · techspot.com · May 14 2026
[4]Why OpenAI’s $3bn Windsurf Deal Reshapes the AI Coding Race | AI MagazineIndependent report · aimagazine.com · May 14 2026
[5]Cognition AI to acquire Windsurf