Kodezi — The Smartest Way to Code

Watertower Ventures
WTV In The Flow
Published in
3 min readSep 23, 2022

Software development has become one of the most highly valued skills in the labor market. Every company has a need for technical talent and roles in the category are estimated to grow by 22% from 2019 to 2029, well above the national average of 4% growth for all other job categories. In terms of number of software developers, as of 2021 there were approximately 27 million developers worldwide. This number is expected to grow to 45 million by the end of the decade. This growth will require a significant investment in education for future job candidates. Aspiring developers have several options, including collegiate classes, bootcamps, and online tutorials to learn to code. Potential candidates are highly motivated to develop the skills necessary to take advantage of this rapidly growing job market.

Kodezi is an AI-powered code editor application that improves your software programming skills. Kodezi offers a unique proposition to support developers and foster aspiring programmers. Through its platform Kodezi enables developers to build, debug, optimize and convert production-level code instantaneously.

Kodezi consists of four main modules: 1) Debugging and providing correct code blocks; (2) Code optimization with AI-driven improvements; (3) Code conversion to different languages; (4) ML/AI-based commenting of code. Most legacy debugging tools in the market are not tailored for beginner to intermediate developers. Kodezi offers a simple solution and a similar value proposition that Grammarly proved successful with writing. Coding is a new form of writing and Kodezi is well positioned to be a foundational platform supporting the increasing demand for software developers.

Kodezi Founder Ishraq Khan and the Watertower Ventures Team

When we first met founder and CEO Ishraq Khan he was still a senior at Seminole High School in Florida. Despite his young age, Ishraq had already built the first version of Kodezi himself and had won several hackathon events with his idea. A first-generation immigrant from Bangladesh, Ishraq immediately impressed us with his ambitious vision, dedication, thoughtfulness, and technical depth. Ishraq is a full stack software developer with expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning. We decided to partner with Ishraq at the earliest stage because of the potential we saw in him. Foregoing several full scholarships from premier universities, Ishraq is now leading Kodezi full time. We believe Ishraq and the Kodezi team have the foundation to build a category-defining product that will enable the next generation of software developers.

In August 2022, Kodezi crossed the 100,000 users mark after being in market for less than six months. They have a global userbase from countries such as Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, and more. The Kodezi team is expanding the product to meet demand and has been fielding new interest from educational and enterprise organizations.

Learn more at https://www.kodezi.com/.

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