Software engineering-native AI models have arrived: What Windsurf’s SWE-1 means for technical decision-makers

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More To date, vibe coding platforms have largely relied on existing large language models (LLMs) to help write code. However, writing code is only one of many different tasks developers need to perform to build a full enterprise-grade production platform. Other tasks in the complete software engineering workflow require using different tools to help review, commit and maintain code over time. It’s a challenge Windsurf (formerly Codeium) is taking on with a series of new frontier AI models it calls SWE-1 (software engineer 1) as part of the company’s Wave 9 update. The news comes as Windsurf is reportedly in the midst of being acquired by AI leader OpenAI for as much as $3 billion. That deal has not yet formally closed, and Windsurf is not currently publicly commenting on the deal. SWE-1 is a family of frontier-class AI models specifically designed to accelerate ... Read full article.