Restate lands $20 million Series A as AI agents boost demand for durable workflow tools

Restate has raised a $20 million Series A led by Singular with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Capital One Ventures, TechCrunch reports. The Berlin-based startup builds durable workflow infrastructure designed to keep multistep software processes running through crashes and network interruptions, an area gaining attention as AI agents take on longer, less predictable tasks. TechCrunch reports the company is aiming to challenge Temporal, the larger incumbent in the category, and says Restate has recently signed multiple six- and seven-figure contracts. Reported customers include Replit, while co-founder Stephan Ewen said the company also serves Fortune 500 clients in financial services. Ewen previously helped create Apache Flink and later served as CTO at Data Artisans and Ververica.