AI Agent Startup Temporal Raises $300 Million Series D at $5 Billion Valuation, Led by a16z

Odaily News AI Agent startup Temporal announced it has raised $300 million in a Series D funding round at a valuation of $5 billion. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and Sequoia Capital, among others. It is reported that OpenAI, Snap, Netflix, and JPMorgan Chase are among its users. The company stated that this funding round is not about "chasing the AI hype," but rather about building a platform to address the common reliability challenges faced by AI Agents in complex, long-running processes. (Reuters)