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title: "Inside Temporal’s journey to a $12.55B valuation and its bet on building a backbone for AI agents"
date: 2026-09-18
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description: "Temporal's software keeps AI agents and other long-running programs from breaking partway through. Co-founders Samar Abbas and Maxim Fateev discuss the years of work behind their $12.55 billion ..."
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# Inside Temporal’s journey to a $12.55B valuation and its bet on building a backbone for AI agents

Temporal's software keeps AI agents and other long-running programs from breaking partway through. Co-founders Samar Abbas and Maxim Fateev discuss the years of work behind their $12.55 billion ...

*Published: 2026-09-18*