# Zach Lloyd

> Zach Lloyd is the founder and CEO of Warp, the Rust-based terminal that grew up into an agentic development environment. A former Google principal engineer who led the Docs and Sheets teams, he looked at the one tool every programmer touches and noticed it had barely changed in 40 years. Warp's answer: a command line that reads natural language, runs AI agents, and as of 2025 codes by prompt. The company has raised roughly $73-75M from Sequoia, GV, Dylan Field and Elad Gil, and went from its first $1M of ARR in 300-plus days to adding $1M every few days.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Warp
- **Organizations:** Warp, Google, TIME, SelfMade
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BS, Symbolic Systems, Stanford University, Master's, Philosophy of Science, London School of Economics
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Warp, raising roughly $73-75M across four rounds from Sequoia, GV, Dylan Field and Elad Gil, Led Google Sheets and served as a tech lead across the Google Docs suite as a Principal Engineer, Grew Warp from its first $1M of ARR in 300+ days to adding $1M every few days

## Career timeline

- **2008-2015** — Principal Engineer at Google; led Google Sheets and was a tech lead across the Google Docs suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
- **2015-2018** — Co-founder and CTO of SelfMade, a venture-backed New York startup
- **2018-2019** — Interim CTO at TIME
- **2020** — Founded Warp; GV invested in April 2020 on the vision of reinventing the 40-year-old terminal
- **2023** — Raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia Capital; launched Warp Drive and team collaboration
- **2024** — Launched Warp AI to the public; community surpassed 500,000 active users
- **2025** — Released Warp 2.0, the Agentic Development Environment; ranked #1 on Terminal-Bench and top-5 on SWE-bench Verified; revenue grew roughly 19x

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Warp, raising roughly $73-75M across four rounds from Sequoia, GV, Dylan Field and Elad Gil
- Led Google Sheets and served as a tech lead across the Google Docs suite as a Principal Engineer
- Grew Warp from its first $1M of ARR in 300+ days to adding $1M every few days
- Warp 2.0 ranked #1 on Terminal-Bench (52%) and top-5 on SWE-bench Verified (71%)
- Built a developer community exceeding 500,000 active users
- Interim CTO at TIME and co-founder/CTO of SelfMade before Warp

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Announced Warp 2.0, the Agentic Development Environment, repositioning Warp from a terminal into an agent platform.
- **2025-12** — Discussed the terminal as AI's workbench and the three phases of AI coding across podcasts including RedMonk and Sequoia's Training Data.

## Links

- Website: https://www.warp.dev
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachlloyd
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/zachlloydtweets
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZCMPodISoE

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Last updated: 2026-06-03