Quild #13: Temporal

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Temporal is a computer software company that enables its users to build and operate resilient applications using developer-friendly primitives.

Founders: Maxim Fateev (CEO), Samar Abbas (CTO)

Signals:

1. Top company alumni

   1. Maxim worked as an engineer at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Uber for ~18 years collectively

   2. Samar worked as an engineer at Microsoft, Amazon, and Uber for ~20 years collectively

2. Fast team growth

   1. Grew ~3x from 20 to 58 over the past year

3. Accelerated financing

   1. Founded in 2019, announced seed funding on Nov 2019, announced series A on Oct 2020

4. Midas list investors

   1. Amplify led seed

   2. Sequoia led series A

   3. Addition participated in series A

   4. Madrona participated in series A

Till tomorrow, Kenn