Restate lands $20M as Apache Flink vets take on Temporal for AI agent infrastructure
TechCrunch AI · rss · 2026-09-30
Restate, a startup building durable execution infrastructure for AI agents, has raised $20 million. Founded by Apache Flink veterans, the company is positioning itself against workflow heavyweight Temporal, betting that the rise of AI agents increases demand for durable, resumable workflow orchestration.
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