Windsurf's CEO Varun Mohan recommends keeping early-stage product teams lean with ideally just three to four people.
Mohan mentioned that having as many as 10 people working on an unproven idea can lead to alignment and communication issues.
The CEO emphasized that small, opinionated teams moving fast to prove an idea is a good approach, even if the initial version is not perfect.
Windsurf, a startup known for its AI-powered coding development tool, does not set fixed budgets for early-stage projects and evaluates progress over time.