We’re honored to be recognized on the 2025 Forbes AI 50 list, our second consecutive appearance. It’s just the beginning, but a meaningful nod to the momentum we’re building with developers everywhere. Since last year, Windsurf has grown, bringing trusted tools to individual developers and Fortune 500 teams alike. Powering billions of lines of AI-assisted code, our mission remains steady: helping developers build better software, faster.
Some highlights from the journey so far :
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Scaled Windsurf, the first agentic IDE, launched in 2024 and now used by hundreds of thousands of developers worldwide
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Achieved FedRAMP High, becoming the first AI coding assistant to meet this bar, enabling secure, compliant AI development across federal contractors, agencies, and highly regulated industries
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Introduced Cascade and AI Flows, bringing agentic workflows into coding, enabling developers to go from idea to working software with deep codebase understanding and smart intent modeling
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Raised a $150M Series C at a $1.25B valuation, led by General Catalyst with continued support from Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks
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Recognized in JPMC’s Hall of Innovation, with additional acknowledgment from Gartner, Stack Overflow, and other industry benchmarks for widespread enterprise adoption
And that’s just a glimpse. There’s much more ahead as we continue shaping what AI-native development looks like.
“We built Windsurf to empower every developer — not replace them,” said Varun Mohan, CEO of Windsurf. “Recognition from Forbes reinforces our belief that the future of building with AI lies in intuitive, secure, and deeply integrated experiences.”
The Forbes AI 50 list highlights the most promising private companies applying artificial intelligence to real-world challenges. Forbes, alongside Sequoia Capital and Meritech Capital, evaluates submissions across technical innovation, business growth, and AI application. This year’s recognition reinforces our belief: the future of software development isn’t just AI-powered — it’s AI-native.