Codeium Introduces the Windsurf Editor, Enabling Developers to Work with ‘AI Flows’ - a Paradigm that Combines the Best of AI Copilots and AI Agents

• The Windsurf Editor redefines the coding process by allowing developers and AI to collaborate in real-time, share context, and enhance productivity like never before.

• AI Flows combine the collaborative strength of Copilots with the ability of Agents to be independently powerful by providing the AI access to knowledge, tools, and uniquely human actions. This allows the AI to do more complex tasks while eliminating the need to carefully scope out problems or review/reconcile large amounts of divergent work.

• This launch follows Codeium’s $1.25B valuation and marks another milestone the company is making to transform AI-powered software development.

Mountain View, CA – November 13, 2024—Codeium, an AI-powered code acceleration platform, today announced the launch of the Windsurf Editor, the first integrated and predictive AI-powered code editor that allows developers to work in seamless collaboration with AI in real-time. Designed as the next innovation beyond copilot and agent paradigms, the Windsurf Editor blends collaborative, continuous AI assistance with developers’ workflow, fundamentally changing how AI and humans work together.

Today’s AI tools offer incremental boosts in productivity, but developers still face limitations. AI agents often operate independently from the developer’s process, while AI copilots, though collaborative, struggle to handle larger workflows. The Windsurf Editor bridges this gap by combining the best of both models into one fluid experience that allows AI and humans to build software together—eliminating the need to reorient the AI or pause to explain tasks constantly.

Developers using the Windsurf Editor are supported by an AI that follows actions in real-time, creating a continuously collaborative coding experience. With Windsurf, developers can build entire applications through ongoing, intuitive interactions with the AI. The system anticipates developer needs, deeply understands code nuances, and picks up seamlessly after pauses without requiring re-orientation.

The Next Frontier: AI Flows
A central innovation in Windsurf Editor is introducing the concept of “AI Flows” via a new modality, Cascade. An AI Flow has access to the following:

• Deep context of knowledge
• Access to tools
• Real time understanding of human actions

The combination of all this allows the human and the AI to always collaborate on the exact same state of the world, all while still arming the AI to be as independently powerful as possible. AI Flows eliminate the need for repetitive scoping or constant feedback, keeping the AI continuously aligned with developer actions and coding context. In other words, the AI is continuously in the know of the developer’s movements, and offers an experience where the AI operates on the same timeline and logic as the human, dramatically enhancing speed, accuracy, and creative possibilities.

Cascade is the flow evolution of common in-IDE chat capabilities, offering much more powerful flow-based reasoning under the familiar conversational interface.

“The Windsurf Editor represents a fundamental leap forward in how developers interact with AI,” said Varun Mohan, CEO and co-founder of Codeium. “The Windsurf Editor creates a seamless mind-meld between developers and AI, working as a single, continuous entity to reduce friction and amplify creative potential.”

The Windsurf Editor is a fork of Visual Studio Code, which comes equipped with enhanced features, including Codeium’s state-of-the-art reasoning engine and streamlined versions of Codeium’s existing AI-powered tools.

Since its founding, the Codeium platform has grown to over 800,000 active users and established partnerships with industry leaders like JPMorganChase, Zillow, Dell, and Anduril, leveraging AI to help these organizations boost productivity and efficiency in software development.

For a limited time, individual developers can access the full experience of the Windsurf Editor for free. You can download the Windsurf Editor at https://windsurf.ai.

ABOUT CODEIUM
Codeium is a generative AI-powered coding platform that leverages proprietary code-biased Large Language Models (LLMs) to reduce inefficiencies in software development and maximize developer productivity. Designed for optimal flexibility, Codeium supports over 70 languages and integrates with over 40 Integrated Developer Environments (IDEs), such as Visual Studio Code, the JetBrains suite, Eclipse, and Jupyter Notebooks, as well as the proprietary IDE, the Windsurf Editor.

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