[AI Agent Startup Temporal Completes $300 Million Series D Funding Round, Led by a16z] According to Deep Tide TechFlow on February 18, as reported by Reuters, AI Agent startup Temporal announced the completion of a $300 million Series D funding round, bringing the company's valuation to $5 billion. The round was led by a16z, with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, and existing investors including Sequoia Capital. The company stated that this round of funding is not aimed at 'chasing a specific moment in artificial intelligence,' but rather at building a platform to address the common reliability challenges faced by AI Agents in complex, long-running processes. Currently, companies such as OpenAI, Snap, Netflix, and JPMorgan Chase are among its users.