Temporal Technologies has raised $300 million in a Series D financing round, pushing its valuation to $5 billion and reinforcing investor appetite for AI infrastructure companies building durable, scalable systems. The Seattle-founded company, led by co-founder and CEO Samar Abbas, announced the round on February 17, underscoring growing confidence in backend platforms that power long-running, mission-critical applications.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sapphire Ventures, alongside existing investors including Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Tiger Global Management, GIC, Madrona Venture Group, and Amplify Partners. The investment reflects sustained momentum in what many describe as “durable execution” infrastructure — systems that ensure reliability in distributed and increasingly autonomous applications.
Founded in 2019 in Seattle, Temporal Technologies develops and distributes an open-source durable execution platform that enables developers to build resilient, stateful applications. Its technology is widely used by enterprises to manage complex workflows, coordinate microservices, and maintain reliability in long-running processes. As the industry moves toward Agentic AI — systems capable of independently planning and executing multi-step tasks — dependable orchestration layers are becoming foundational rather than optional.
Temporal’s growth story has drawn attention within venture capital circles. Its Series A pitch deck, which secured $18.75 million led by Sequoia Capital, has since been cited as an example of a well-structured and instructive fundraising document, reportedly used internally for training new investors. By early 2022, the company had raised $103 million in another Sequoia-led round without circulating a formal pitch deck, following competitive interest from multiple top-tier venture firms. Just over two years after launch, Temporal achieved unicorn status.
Samar Abbas’s professional background includes roles as Staff Software Engineer at Uber, as well as experience at Amazon and Microsoft. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology.
Abbas is also scheduled to headline a fireside chat on March 12 in what organisers describe as their final webinar of the first quarter of 2025. The session will focus on Temporal’s journey, the evolution of distributed systems, and the broader shift toward reliable AI infrastructure. With fresh capital and a strengthened valuation, the company’s trajectory highlights investor conviction that the backbone of the AI revolution lies not only in models, but in the systems that keep them running reliably at scale.
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