# Samar Abbas

> Samar Abbas is co-founder of Temporal Technologies. Temporal on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Temporal Technologies.

Samar Abbas is CEO and co-founder of Temporal. Across some 20 years at AWS, Microsoft and Uber he worked on Amazon Simple Workflow Service from its start, led development of the Durable Task Framework at Azure and co-created Cadence, Temporal's predecessor, at Uber.

## What Samar builds

- [Temporal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/temporal.md), graded A, 78.3/100, in Human approval & handoff. Open-source durable execution platform with SDKs in Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, .NET, PHP, Ruby and Rust, run yourself or on Temporal Cloud. Co-founder, Temporal Technologies, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Maxim Fateev](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/maxim-fateev/), Co-founder, Temporal Technologies

## Backed by

- [Amplify Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/amplify-partners/)
- [Addition](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/addition/)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [Madrona](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/madrona/)
- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)
- [Greenoaks](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greenoaks/)
- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)
- [GIC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gic/)
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/)
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners/)
- [Sapphire Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sapphire-ventures/)
- [Wellington Management](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wellington-management/)
- [Goldman Sachs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/goldman-sachs/)
- [T. Rowe Price](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/t-rowe-price/)
- [SV Angel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sv-angel/)
- [StepStone Group](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stepstone-group/)
- [MongoDB](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mongodb/)
- [Conversion Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/conversion-capital/)
- [Hanwha](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/hanwha/)
- [137 Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/137-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is Samar Abbas?

Samar Abbas is CEO and co-founder of Temporal. Across some 20 years at AWS, Microsoft and Uber he worked on Amazon Simple Workflow Service from its start, led development of the Durable Task Framework at Azure and co-created Cadence, Temporal's predecessor, at Uber.

### What does Temporal Technologies make?

Anchor Terminal lists Temporal from Temporal Technologies. Open-source durable execution platform with SDKs in Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, .NET, PHP, Ruby and Rust, run yourself or on Temporal Cloud.

### Who has invested in Temporal Technologies?

The sources our research read name Amplify Partners, Addition, Sequoia Capital, Madrona, Index Ventures, Greenoaks, Tiger Global, GIC, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs, T. Rowe Price, SV Angel, StepStone Group, MongoDB, Conversion Capital, Hanwha and 137 Ventures.

### How are Samar's tools graded?

Temporal is graded A, 78.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://temporal.io/about
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/fateev
- https://temporal.io/
- https://docs.temporal.io/evaluate/cloud/support

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