Warp
Category: AI Developer Tools
Open-source agentic development environment (born out of the terminal) for building with coding agents locally and in the cloud via Oz. Warp was founded in 2020. The company is led by Zach Lloyd. Based in New York, NY, USA. Team size: 101-500. Total funding raised: $73,000,000. Latest round: Series B. Key investors include Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, GV (Google Ventures), Dylan Field (CEO of Figma), Elad Gil, BoxGroup.
- Founded
- 2020
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USA
- Team size
- 101-500
- Total funding
- $73,000,000
Value proposition
Give developers an agentic development environment to dispatch and orchestrate coding agents (local and cloud) across the SDLC—coding, deploy, debug—while retaining a modern terminal UX.
Products and solutions
Warp Terminal (open-source ADE), Warp Agent, Oz (cloud agent orchestration platform), Warp Drive, Warp Agent CLI
Unique value
Rust-native, block-based terminal UX evolved into a multi-agent ADE with universal input for prompts/commands; multi-harness support (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Warp Agent); Oz for local-to-cloud agent orchestration; client open-sourced (AGPL) with agent-first contribution workflow.
Target customer
Software engineers, developers, and DevOps professionals.
Industries served
Software Development, Technology
Technology advantage
Rust-native performance and block-based UI as foundation for an ADE; multi-agent orchestration and multi-harness support; Oz for cloud-scale agent runs with governance; open-source client + paid cloud/enterprise layers; competes on agent UX and orchestration rather than only terminal polish.
How they differentiate
Positions as an agentic development environment (not only a terminal or IDE chat bolt-on): multi-agent management, multi-harness/cloud orchestration via Oz, Rust-native block UI, team context via Warp Drive, and open-source client with community+agent contribution model.
Main competitors
Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Ghostty, Gemini CLI, traditional terminals (iTerm2, Windows Terminal)
Key partnerships
OpenAI (founding sponsor of open-source Warp repo, GPT models power agentic workflows), multi-model/harness integrations (Anthropic Claude Code, Google Gemini CLI, Codex), Docker (public customer case study)
Notable customers
Public logos/case studies include Docker (Warp Drive onboarding case study), LinkedIn/press cite users at Docker, Vercel, Ramp, >56% of Fortune 500 companies use Warp, testimonials from Microsoft, OpenAI, Stripe leaders.
Major milestones
Launched public beta April 2022 with $6M seed + $17M Series A (Dylan Field)., Warp AI launched 2023, $50M Series B led by Sequoia June 2023 with Warp Drive., Linux Feb 2024, Windows Feb 2025., Warp 2.0 Agentic Development Environment June 24 2025., Open-sourced Warp client (AGPL) April 28 2026 with OpenAI as founding sponsor, Oz cloud agent platform, Warp Agent CLI Aug 2026.
Growth metrics
Nearly 1 million developers; used by more than ~56–57% of the Fortune 500; strong paid growth (reports of ~$1M ARR added per ~1–2 weeks in late 2025).
Market positioning
Platform for agentic development / software factories: individual developers and enterprise teams orchestrating coding agents across SDLC, with terminal-native UX and cloud agent infrastructure (Oz).
Geographic focus
Global, with a strong initial user base in North America and Europe. The platform is OS-based rather than region-based.
Patents and IP
Information not publicly available.
About Zach Lloyd
Zach Lloyd is the Founder and CEO of Warp, a modern, Rust-based terminal reimagined from the ground up. Before founding Warp, he was a Principal Engineer at Google, where he led the Google Sheets team. He also served as the interim CTO at TIME and was the co-founder of SelfMade. His experience spans across major tech companies and startups, with a strong focus on product development and engineering leadership.
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