Warp CEO: we shipped an AI coding feature 6 months before Claude Code — holding back is my biggest regret
vikvang1 · x · 2026-09-08
Warp founder and CEO Zach Lloyd says the terminal shipped an AI feature that worked like Claude Code or Codex six months before either existed — and calls his restraint one of his biggest founder regrets.
- "It didn't really code. It just did terminal stuff." He throttled AI investment to 50% when he should have gone 100%
- They held back fearing alienation of developers not yet bought into AI; Warp is now fully AI-focused
- Context: former Google Sheets lead, raised $73M+ from Sequoia and Google Ventures
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