Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code tool created by HashiCorp that enables developers and operations teams to define, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure using a declarative configuration language called HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL). Founded in 2012 by Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar, HashiCorp is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and Terraform has become the industry standard for infrastructure as code, used by millions of practitioners worldwide. HashiCorp has integrated AI capabilities into the Terraform ecosystem through multiple initiatives. Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise now leverage AI to provide intelligent policy suggestions, configuration recommendations, and natural language explanations of infrastructure changes through integration with AI assistants. HashiCorp's AI-powered features help users generate Terraform configurations from natural language descriptions, understand complex infrastructure plans, and identify potential security and compliance issues before resources are provisioned. Terraform's core strength lies in its provider ecosystem, with over 3,000 providers that enable management of resources across virtually every major cloud platform including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and hundreds of SaaS services. The tool tracks infrastructure state and creates execution plans that show exactly what changes will be applied before any modifications are made, enabling safe and predictable infrastructure management. Terraform modules allow teams to create reusable infrastructure components that enforce organizational standards and best practices. Terraform Cloud provides remote state management, policy enforcement through Sentinel and OPA, run triggers, VCS integration, and team collaboration features. The core Terraform CLI is open-source under the Business Source License. Terraform Cloud offers a free tier for small teams, a Standard plan at $0.00014 per resource per hour, and a Plus plan with additional governance features. Terraform Enterprise is available for self-hosted deployment with custom pricing.

AI Automation Tools

Terraform automates infrastructure provisioning and management through declarative configurations that define desired state. Its plan-and-apply workflow ensures safe, predictable changes, while Terraform Cloud adds automated policy enforcement, run triggers, and VCS-driven workflows that enable fully automated infrastructure pipelines from code commit to provisioning.

AI Code Generators

Terraform's AI integration enables generation of infrastructure configuration code from natural language descriptions. Users can describe the cloud resources they need, and AI assists in producing correct HCL configurations, reducing the learning curve for new users and accelerating the authoring of infrastructure definitions for experienced practitioners.

AI Cybersecurity

Terraform Cloud and Enterprise provide AI-assisted policy enforcement through Sentinel and OPA policy frameworks, helping teams identify security misconfigurations and compliance violations before infrastructure is provisioned. Its shift-left approach to security ensures that infrastructure meets organizational security standards at the code level.

AI DevOps Tools

Terraform is the industry-standard infrastructure as code tool used in DevOps workflows worldwide. Its AI-enhanced capabilities in Terraform Cloud help teams generate configurations from natural language, understand complex infrastructure plans, and enforce policies automatically. The tool enables reliable, version-controlled infrastructure provisioning across all major cloud providers.