Windsurf Launches Cutting-Edge Native AI Models for Software Development
Thursday, May 15, 2025, 8:20 pm
Windsurf has launched its in-house AI models, dubbed SWE-1, designed to overhaul the entire software engineering workflow. Promising reduced development cycles and lower technical debt, these models aim to streamline coding processes—proving developers might soon have an AI partner that’s almost as clever (if not quite as chatty) as its creator.
Windsurf's new SWE-1 AI models tackle the complete software engineering workflow, potentially reducing development cycles and technical debt.
On Thursday, Windsurf, a startup that develops popular AI tools for software engineers, announced the launch of its first family of AI software engineering models, or SWE-1 for short. The startup says it trained its new family of AI models — SWE-1, SWE-1-lite, and SWE-1-mini — to be optimized for…
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