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Cline

Leading open-source AI coding agent for IDEs and CLI.
AI / Software Development 📍 San Francisco, CA Founded 2024
Current Valuation
$110M
as of 2025-Q3
PRIVATE

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Cline going public?
No. Cline is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Cline's valuation in 2026?
Cline is valued at $110M as of 2025-Q3, set by its Series A ($27M, Jul 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Cline filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Cline.
Who are Cline's investors?
Cline's investors include Emergence Capital, Pace Capital, 1984 Ventures, Decibel Partners.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Cline is an open-source autonomous coding agent that integrates with IDEs and CLI tools. It enables developers to use agentic AI for file editing, command execution, and building full-stack applications with transparency and control.

Company Profile

CEO
Saoud Rizwan
Founded
2024
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Employees
~30
Total Raised
$32M
Est. Revenue
$10M (2025)
Growth
5M+ installs and 57k+ GitHub stars
Last Round
Series A — $27M (Jul 2025) · Lead: Emergence Capital
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series A · $27M · 1y 1mo ago
privateTotal raised $32M

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series A$27MJul 2025Emergence Capital

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

No verified Hugging Face organization found for Cline — no attributable open-model footprint. Closed-weights labs are common; this is a distribution signal, not a capability judgment.
Checked huggingface.co as of 2026-08-19. Re-checked weekly.

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
Hiring uptrend
50% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
2
via greenhouse
Product-build share
100%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
heavy product build — 100% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 2 of 2 open roles are engineering.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month2Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering2
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Senior Agent Software EngineerSenior Infrastructure Engineer
Counted from Cline's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Saoud Rizwan

Investors

Emergence Capital · Pace Capital · 1984 Ventures · Decibel Partners

Products

  • Cline IDE plugin
  • Cline CLI
  • Plan mode
  • Act mode
  • Cline Teams

Competitors

Cursor · Continue.dev · Aider · Claude Code · GitHub Copilot
Open SourceAI AgentVS CodeCLIMCP
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.