Samar Abbas
CEO of Temporal and co-creator of the durable-execution system that began as Cadence at Uber, leading development of a platform for reliable, long-running distributed workflows used by major companies.
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Feb 19, 2026 • 1h 4min
Durable Execution and the Infrastructure Powering AI Agents
Samar Abbas, CEO of Temporal and creator of the durable-execution system that began as Cadence at Uber. He explains why long-running AI agents need persistent state and recoverability. He describes how Temporal powers production workloads like OpenAI Codex and Snap, and why background, multi-agent systems create new distributed systems challenges at internet scale.
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.
