April was a milestone month for Windsurf, bringing a refreshed brand identity, a new pricing model, upgraded free tier, and expanded model availability. From Cascade on JetBrains to the public launch of Deploys, we also rolled out several quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, and performance boosts across the product. This month set the stage for a more accessible, flexible, and faster Windsurf experience for all users.
Major Launches & Announcements
Windsurf Rebrand
- Codeium is now Windsurf.
- Our product and company now share a single identity, built around enabling AI-human collaboration.
- All the extensions have been renamed to the Windsurf Plugin.
Cascade on JetBrains
Cascade is now available across JetBrains IDEs. This brings our AI chat experience to even more developer workflows. We are now the only leading AI-powered code assistant platform to have a truly agentic experience available in a JetBrains plugin. Not just Autocomplete, Chat, and Command (all of which have existed for a while on our highly-used and highly-rated JetBrains plugin), but a truly industry leading experience.
Deploys (Beta)
You can now deploy your projects directly from Windsurf to the public internet — no terminal or external tooling required. With Deploys, developers can push their websites or JavaScript web apps live in a standard, repeatable way — all from within the Windsurf Editor.
- One-click deploy via UI or Cascade
- Persistent URLs for each project
- Claim and manage deployments from your Netlify account
- View deploy history and build status in your dashboard
- Free users: 1 new site/day, Paid users: 2 new sites/day
Commit Message Generation
Writing good commits just got easier. Generate a descriptive commit message from your diff with a single click. Available on all paid plans and fully editable before pushing.
Cascade Conversation Table of Contents
We’ve added a new overlay to help you navigate long Cascade sessions. Easily jump or revert back to earlier stages of the conversation, helping you avoid credit waste and quickly get unstuck when needed.
Long Conversation Performance
We’ve dramatically improved Cascade’s handling of long conversations through smarter checkpointing and summarization. These changes reduce quality degradation and make agentic interactions more stable — even after dozens of steps. No video for this one—but if you’ve felt the slowdown before, you’ll notice the difference.
Tab Improvements
Tab keeps getting smarter.
- Search context now flows into Tab for better relevance
- Works seamlessly in Jupyter notebooks
- Faster tab-to-jump experience across cursor positions
- Numerous UI and speed improvements
Enterprise Updates
- Admin Tools and Controls
- Toggle access to advanced model features (MCP, Turbo Mode, etc.)
- Manage site deploy permissions and model usage via centralized portal
Performance & Infrastructure
- Improved long-convo handling and summarization
- Reduced latency for Cascade and Tab features
- Stronger model fallback logic for large orgs
Windsurf in the News
As always, more content came out in the month:
- Windsurf’s Journey on Lenny’s Podcast: In a recent interview with Lenny Rachitsky, CEO Varun Mohan gave an in-depth look at the product evolution and offered insights into the core principles driving Windsurf’s mission. Watch here.
- Imagination in Action Recap in Forbes: Founding Team, Anshul Ramachandran, recently participated in MIT’s Imagination in Action event, sharing insights with MIT Fellow John Werner on Windsurf’s unique market positioning. Read here.
- Industry Shifts with Business Insider: In his recent appearance on Lenny’s Podcast, CEO Varun Mohan discussed how AI is reshaping the job market and the future of tech investment. Emphasizing AI’s growing role in code generation, read here.
Looking Ahead
With Deploys, JetBrains support, and pricing simplification now live, we’re entering the next chapter of the Windsurf journey. Expect deeper collaboration features, smarter context modeling, and even more control for teams and enterprises. The line between building, previewing, and shipping is vanishing—and it’s all happening inside your IDE. Surf’s up. 🌊