Warp

Warp is a company developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Rust-based terminal aiming to modernize and upgrade the experience of using the command line interface (CLI) for software developers. Warp's rust-based terminal offers a range of features, including knowledge-sharing tools, autocompletion, and fully integrated AI. The text input editor incorporates integrated development environment (IDE) capabilities, with selections, cursor positioning, and completion menus. Users can save commonly used workflows and share them with their team in real time using Warp Drive. Powered by OpenAI APIs, Warp AI converts natural language into executable shell commands, offering developers a range of AI features including debugging and writing scripts.

Warp is available on Mac with waiting lists for Windows and Linux versions. Warp offers a free version of its platform for individuals and small teams (up to five), with up to twenty requests per user per day. Its team price plan costs $12 per member per month with up to one hundred requests per user per day and additional features. Warp also offers a customizable enterprise plan for large teams with security and compliance requirements.

Headquartered in New York City, Warp was founded in 2020 by Zach Lloyd, who was previously principal engineer at Google Docs, cofounder/CTO of SelfMade, and interim CTO at Time magazine. Lloyd published a blog post in July 2021 explaining the shortcomings of the terminal and why he started the company. On April 5, 2022, Warp launched its public beta (only available on macOS) and announced $23 million in funding. This included the following:

• A previously unannounced $6 million seed round led by GV, with participation from Neo and BoxGroup
• A $17 million series A round led by Dylan Field, the cofounder and CEO of Figma. Other participants include Elad Gil, former LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, and Salesforce’s cofounder and co-CEO Marc Benioff.

On June 27, 2023, Warp announced a $50 million series B round from Sequoia Capital, GV, Dylan Field, BoxGroup and Neo. The company stated the funds will primarily be used to build out their team.