Extruct AI · Dec 2024
Secondary coverage states Surge is pre-seed with about $1.8M raised and lists Y Combinator, Eurazeo, Kima Ventures, and others.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Surge is a Lehi, Utah-based developer-focused telephony/SMS platform that provides an easy SMS API, embeddable UI components, webhooks, and managed carrier registration/onboarding so developers can add text messaging quickly.
Primary product
SMS API for developers
Founded
2024
Headquarters
Lehi, Utah, United States
Team size
1-10
Work style
Onsite
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
SMS API / developer communications platform
Offices
Lehi, Utah, United States
Business model
SaaS
usage-based pricing
subscription plans
spend-commitment pricing
Funding
Stage
pre-seed
Total raised
$500K
Latest round
Pre-Seed · Dec 2024
Latest amount
$500K
Dec 2024 · Y Combinator
$1.8M
Jan 2022
People & investors
Work & culture
Developer-experience-first, speed-focused, transparent, and reliability-oriented; the company emphasizes a small team of experienced engineers and early-stage startup growth opportunities.
Work style
Onsite
Product & market
Pricing
Spend-commitment pricing with tiered plans and usage credits; overages billed if exceeded.
Differentiators
- —Faster carrier registration (24-72 hours)
- —White-glove onboarding for carrier registration and toll-free verification
- —Developer-friendly API and documentation
- —Embeddable UI components
- —No-code message blasts
- —Transparent pricing
- —Higher-level abstractions for faster integration
Technology
Elixir
REST API
webhooks
TypeScript SDK
Python SDK
Ruby SDK
Elixir SDK
embedded iframes/UI components
SAML SSO
HIPAA compliance
Customers
Developers
Startups
Companies needing embedded text messaging
Teams registering multiple phone numbers or campaigns
Competitors
Twilio
Plivo
Vonage
MessageBird
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$1M-$5M
Latest news
Y Combinator · Nov 2024
YC launch material describes Surge as a developer-focused SMS API with white-glove onboarding, carrier registration in 1-2 business days, REST APIs, webhooks, and low-code UI components.
Y Combinator on LinkedIn · Nov 2024
YC highlighted Surge’s embeddable UI components and fast campaign registration/toll-free verification, emphasizing a 1-2 day workflow versus the typical 2-3 weeks.
Business Wire · Mar 2024
This search result refers to a different company named Surge in precision medicine, not the Lehi-based SMS API company.
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