Samar Abbas
Durable systems and distributed-systems engineer and co-founder of Temporal, with prior leadership building large-scale messaging and service platforms at Microsoft, AWS, and Uber; focuses on reliability, scalability, and developer experience for orchestration platforms.
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Mar 13, 2025 • 49min
Temporal founders: Samar Abbas and Maxim Fateev
Samar Abbas and Maxim Fateev, co-founders of Temporal, dive into their durable execution platform that brings reliability and scalability to processes. They uncover how major players like Snapchat use Temporal for story processing and how it ensures seamless experiences. The duo explains the importance of earning enterprise trust through security and their unique sales compensation model. Excitingly, they explore trends in AI and low-code/no-code development, emphasizing how Temporal supports developers by offloading reliability.
Apr 1, 2025 • 6min
Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion
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.
