TechCrunch Startup News Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion
Apr 1, 2025
Samar Abbas, CEO and co-founder of Temporal, shares insights on the company’s innovative microservices orchestration platform. He reveals how they've secured $146 million to integrate cutting-edge AI features. The discussion highlights Temporal's impressive growth, increased revenue, and a diverse client base, including industry giants like NVIDIA and Instacart. Abbas also reflects on his experience at Uber and the transformative potential of AI in streamlining service integrations.
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Microservices Foundation Enables AI Workloads
- Temporal built a durable-execution platform to orchestrate microservices across disparate cloud apps.
- That foundation positions the company to support AI workflows and agentic AI that stitch LLMs with other services.
Big Raise, Nearly Flat Valuation
- Temporal raised $146 million in a growth round to accelerate R&D and AI use cases while expanding cloud availability.
- The post-money valuation is $1.72 billion, a slight increase from prior rounds but essentially flat.
Prioritize R&D For Secure Modular Platforms
- Invest in R&D for features that improve security, fault isolation, and modularity for cloud microservices.
- Make platform features like Nexus and cross-cloud availability priority to support AI workloads.