Temporal Technologies Inc. is announcing Workflow Update - a powerful new feature that enables you to send updates and receive results synchronously - delivering real-time feedback and responsiveness that your users expect.

When one of the co-creators of the popular open-source stream-processing framework Apache Flink launches a new startup, it’s worth paying attention. Stephan Ewen was among the founding team of the open source project back in 2010 and then later became the CTO of Data Artisans, which aimed to monetize Flink. Alibaba then acquired the company in 2019 and rebranded it as Ververica, with Ewen then spending the requisite three years at the company before launching workflows-as-code startup Restate, together with Flink committers and former Data Artisan/Ververica co-workers Igal Shilman and Till Rohrmann.Restate, which says its overall mission is to make distributed application development easier, today announced that it has raised a $7 million seed funding round, hitting version 1.0 of its open BSL-licensed version and that it’s launching its managed cloud service. The promise of Restate is that it is so fast and lightweight that it will allow developers to use it where traditional workflow systems would’ve been too slow and resource-intensive. That’s backed by a durable execution engine that can set up fault-tolerant communication between services and processes, and that integrates with function-as-a-service platforms like AWS Lambda and Cloudflare Workers. While ideal for microservices architecture, developers can also use it for task queues, event processing, or service orchestration in systems like inventory management or reservations.It’s worth noting that Restate isn’t the first to this concept, though

GeekWire’s in-depth startup coverage tells the stories of the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene.Funding to PNW startups fell nearly 60% year-over-year in 2023. Data from GeekWire’s funding list.Tech startup investments continued to retreat in 2023 as venture capitalists tightened their belts and companies trimmed costs amid uncertainty about the broader economy.Total funding to Pacific Northwest startups fell nearly 60% year-over-year in 2023, according to GeekWire’s funding list. And not a single unicorn was crowned this year — after nine reached the $1 billion valuation threshold in 2021.But there were still a handful of startups across the region that raised sizable funding rounds to fuel growth in the months and years ahead.Biotech, health tech, and aerospace companies reeled in some of the biggest chunks of cash. Enterprise software startups, a core strength of Seattle’s tech ecosystem, and also landed money.Here’s a look at the top funding rounds of 2023.Avalyn PharmaThe Seattle biotech firm, founded 2011, is developing inhalation therapies for rare pulmonary diseases. It raised a $175 million Series C round in September. Read more.Pivotal CommwareThe Bill Gates-backed company develops millimeter-wave 5G network infrastructure products