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Warp revenue, valuation & funding
Warp is a private company with no disclosed valuation or revenue and no announced IPO plan. Its last confirmed round was a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital in June 2023, and in April 2026 it said nearly one million developers used it.
At a glance
- Valuation: not disclosed. Its last confirmed round was a $50M Series B in June 2023.
- Revenue: not disclosed. Warp publishes no results.
- Status: private. No stock ticker, and no IPO plan has been announced.
- Founded: June 2020, by Zach Lloyd, a former principal engineer at Google.
- CEO: Zach Lloyd.
- Investors: Sequoia Capital, GV, Sam Altman, Marc Benioff and Dylan Field, among others.
- Products: the Warp agentic development environment, the Oz platform for cloud coding agents and Warp Factories.
- Headquarters: New York.
- Users: nearly one million developers, the company said in April 2026.
- On Real Alpha: 16 moments of its people talking, from 3 interviews.
Is Warp public? Can you buy its stock?
No. Warp is a private company, so its shares don't trade on any stock exchange and it has no ticker symbol.
Warp has not announced a plan to go public. No IPO filing has been reported.
Its shares are held privately by its founder, staff and investors. Its April 2026 announcement names Sequoia Capital, GV, Sam Altman, Marc Benioff and Dylan Field as backers. This page reports facts and gives no investment advice.
Valuation, round by round
Warp has never disclosed a valuation, and its rounds grew from $23 million in April 2022 to $50M in June 2023.
| Date | Valued at | Raised | Led by | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2023 | — | $50M | Sequoia Capital | Warp's blog |
| Apr 2022 | — | $23M | GV (Google Ventures) and Dylan Field | TechCrunch |
No round has been reported since the June 2023 Series B. Sources differ on the Series A's amount and lead, and data sites list valuations that no primary report confirms.
How Warp makes money
Warp sells subscriptions, and its paid plans include a monthly amount of agent usage. Sacra describes it as freemium, with core terminal features free and AI and team features on paid plans.
- Free and Build. Free costs $0 a month. Build costs $20 a month, or $18 billed yearly, and includes $20 of agent usage each month at API rates. Warp pricing page
- Max. $200 a month, or $180 billed yearly, with $200 of agent usage each month, 10 times Build. Warp pricing page
- Business and Enterprise. Business costs $50 per user a month, or $45 billed yearly, for teams of up to 25 seats. Enterprise pricing is custom. Warp pricing page
- Warp Factories. A pay-as-you-go tier at $0 a month charges usage at 20% above API rates. Its Build tier is $20 a month and Business is $50 per user a month. Warp pricing page
From Warp's interviews
- 30:56 Subscription plans can undercut API pricing for small teamsZach Lloyd · Latent Space · Nov 2026
- 23:51 Factory tuning cut Warp’s cost per PR by about 75%Zach Lloyd · Latent Space · Nov 2026
Products
Warp began as a terminal for developers and now builds tools for running coding agents. It was released for Windows in February 2025, according to Wikipedia.
OpenAI is the flagship sponsor of its open-source repository, Warp said in April 2026. GPT models power the agentic workflows that ship changes to the code.
- Warp terminal (public beta April 5, 2022). A terminal built for developers. TechCrunch
- Warp AI (April 2023). A chatbot in the terminal built on an OpenAI large language model. Wikipedia
- Warp Drive (June 21, 2023). Team collaboration for the terminal. Warp blog
- Warp 2.0 (June 2025). An agentic development environment combining Code, Agents, Terminal and Drive. AlternativeTo
- Oz (February 10, 2026). A cloud platform for running, managing and orchestrating coding agents at scale. Warp newsroom
- Open-source release (April 28, 2026). Warp open-sourced its core agentic development environment, powered by Oz. Warp newsroom
- Licences. Wikipedia says the terminal and Oz were released under the MIT and AGPL licences. Wikipedia
- Warp Factories (August 18, 2026). Infrastructure for companies building internal cloud software factories, in closed beta. Qualified orgs get $10k of factory usage. Warp blog
From Warp's interviews
- 19:18 A factory stack starts with declarative code and shared tracesZach Lloyd · Latent Space · Nov 2026
- 3:35 Each factory maps a product surface to a coded workflowZach Lloyd · Latent Space · Nov 2026
- 12:59 Agents can improve the factory that runs themZach Lloyd · Latent Space · Nov 2026
- 6:33 Agent traces can be scored against team-specific failure modesZach Lloyd · Latent Space · Nov 2026
Users and usage
Warp said in April 2026 that nearly one million developers used it. They work at companies including Docker, Ramp and Peloton and over half of the Fortune 500.
In February 2026 the company gave a figure of over 700,000 developers. Its homepage says it is trusted by 800k+ devs.
Sacra estimates Warp has passed 1 million active developers, up from over 500,000.
From Warp's interviews
- 26:54 Factories start to make sense around five to ten engineersZach Lloyd · Latent Space · Nov 2026
Leadership
GetLatka lists Warp with 78 employees as of October 2025, citing LinkedIn.
- Zach Lloyd, founder and CEO. He was a principal engineer at Google before founding Warp in June 2020. Wikipedia
- Andrew Reed, of Sequoia Capital, joined the board with the June 2023 Series B. Warp blog
Who owns Warp?
Its founder, staff and investors. As a private company Warp doesn't publish who holds what, and no stake has been disclosed.
Sacra estimates Warp has raised $73M in total across its seed, Series A and Series B rounds.
- Sequoia Capital led the $50M Series B in June 2023. Warp's blog
- GV and Dylan Field led the $23 million Series A in April 2022, according to Sacra. TechCrunch
- Sam Altman and Marc Benioff are named as backers in Warp's April 2026 announcement. Warp newsroom
- Neo, BoxGroup and Jeff Weiner were named as existing investors in June 2023. Warp's blog
Competitors
The research firm Sacra names these companies as Warp's competitors.
Timeline and latest news
From its founding to the latest reports, newest first.
- Aug 18, 2026Latest
Launched Warp Factories in closed beta, with $10k of usage for qualified orgs. Warp blog - Apr 28, 2026Latest
Open-sourced its core agentic development environment, powered by Oz. Warp newsroom - Apr 28, 2026Latest
OpenAI became the flagship sponsor of Warp's open-source repository. Warp newsroom - Apr 28, 2026
Said nearly one million developers used Warp. Warp newsroom - Feb 10, 2026
Launched Oz, a cloud platform for orchestrating coding agents. Warp newsroom - Jun 2025
Released Warp 2.0, its agentic development environment. AlternativeTo - Feb 2025
Released Warp for Windows. Wikipedia - Jun 21, 2023
Raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital. Warp's blog - Jun 21, 2023
Launched Warp Drive, team collaboration for the terminal. Warp blog - Apr 2023
Announced Warp AI, a chatbot in the terminal built on an OpenAI model. Wikipedia - Apr 5, 2022
Announced $23 million in funding and opened its public beta. TechCrunch - Jun 2020
Founded by Zach Lloyd. Wikipedia
What others say about Warp
Moments where people outside the company talk about it.
Claire Vo · TBPN · Aug 7, 2025
“I know Zach at warp said like, why wouldn't you want the latest intelligence?”
3:31:26 GPT-5 generated four to ten times more tokens in one test 3 min
Questions people ask
Is Warp a public company? Can I buy Warp stock?
No. Warp is private and has no ticker, so its shares aren't sold on any exchange.
When will Warp IPO?
Warp hasn't announced a plan to go public, and no IPO filing has been reported.
Who owns Warp?
Its founder, staff and investors, including Sequoia Capital, GV, Sam Altman, Marc Benioff and Dylan Field. Stakes haven't been disclosed.
Who is the CEO of Warp?
Zach Lloyd, a former principal engineer at Google who founded Warp in June 2020.
How much is Warp worth?
Warp has not disclosed a valuation. Its last confirmed round was a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital in June 2023.
How much revenue does Warp make?
Warp doesn't publish revenue, and no figure has been reported.
How does Warp make money?
Through subscriptions. Its plans run from free to $200 a month, with Business at $50 per user a month and custom Enterprise pricing. 30:56
How many people use Warp?
Nearly one million developers, Warp said in April 2026.
Where is Warp headquartered?
New York.
Who are Warp's competitors?
Sacra names Microsoft, Cursor, OpenAI's Codex CLI and Google's Gemini CLI.
Every moment from Warp's people
16 moments from 3 interviews on 3 shows, newest first. Each one plays from the minute it starts.
Latent Space · Nov 3, 2026 · 7 moments
⚡️ The 2026 Software Factory Infra Stack — Zach Lloyd, Warp.dev
- 12:59 Agents can improve the factory that runs them 6 min
- 23:51 Factory tuning cut Warp’s cost per PR by about 75% 3 min
- 26:54 Factories start to make sense around five to ten engineers 3 min
- 6:33 Agent traces can be scored against team-specific failure modes 6 min
- 19:18 A factory stack starts with declarative code and shared traces 5 min
- 30:56 Subscription plans can undercut API pricing for small teams 3 min
- 3:35 Each factory maps a product surface to a coded workflow 3 min
TBPN · Oct 22, 2026 · 1 moment
Matthew Prince on PHP2Shell, Duo on Arrival, 100 Really Difficult Phone Calls, Norwegian Gold Scheme
Lenny's Podcast · Apr 10, 2025 · 8 moments
OpenAI’s CPO on how AI changes must-have skills, moats, coding, startup playbooks, more | Kevin Weil
- 19:13 Evals tell you what AI product to build 6 min
- 59:20 Break AI work into specialized models and tasks 5 min
- 1:17:59 Libra failed by trying to change too much at once 4 min
- 26:19 OpenAI plans for alignment, not a fixed roadmap 6 min
- 36:01 AI interfaces can borrow from how people think 5 min
- 40:53 Chat remains a versatile baseline for AI interfaces 3 min
- 47:59 OpenAI hires PMs for agency and ambiguity tolerance 5 min
- 1:04:40 AI tutoring is a major unmet opportunity 3 min
People on Real Alpha
- Zach Lloyd, Founder & CEO, Warp · 7 moments
- Kevin Weil, Co-founder & CEO, Warp Sciences · 9 moments
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Last checked Nov 8, 2026