Overview

• Windsurf has launched its SWE-1 family of AI models, including SWE-1, SWE-1-lite, and SWE-1-mini, built specifically for software engineering tasks beyond coding.
• The SWE-1 suite incorporates a 'flow awareness' approach, capturing developer interactions across multiple contexts to enhance workflow support.
• Internal benchmarks show SWE-1 performing competitively with leading models like Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4.1 in software engineering use cases.
• SWE-1-lite and SWE-1-mini are available for free, while access to the full-size SWE-1 model is reserved for paid subscribers.
• Although OpenAI's reported $3 billion acquisition of Windsurf remains pending, the launch underscores Windsurf's bid to differentiate itself in the competitive AI development market.