Temporal is a new kind of platform that upends traditional ways of building and operating distributed applications in cloud infrastructure. It transparently manages state at any scope and scale, outsourcing cross-cutting concerns and making applications more reliable, productive, and easier to operate. By commoditizing reliability as a fundamental aspect of software development, Temporal aims to democratize access to this critical capability, giving engineers the freedom to take risks and build more automated and productive systems. The platform is built on open source principles and distributed systems, with a singular vision to make it responsive to the community, informative to prospects, and accountable to customers.