
Tempo
Visual Editor for React, powered by AI
Why it ranks #255
Tempo, an AI software engineer from YC S23, ranks #255 of 999 AI agents and #12 of 40 in Software engineer, with a score of 3.4 of 10. Data as of .
The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·
- Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
- Scale 5 × 30% 1.5
- Momentum 4 × 25% 1.0
- Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
- = 3.4
- 0
Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
- 5
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
8 people, raised $5.0M.
- +38 people on its YC page5 to 9 people
- +2
- +3
- 4
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
Shows hiring and funding news.
- +2Hiring: 3 open rolesSoftware Engineer, Full Stack (In-Person - Toronto), Software Engineer, LLMs & AI Agents (In-Person - Toronto), Founding Product Designer YC page
- +2Funding news in the last yearTempo's $5M Seed To Empower The Design Engineering MovementSource · 22 Oct 2025
Not found: launch YC post in the last 6 months (+3), new traction claim in the last 6 months (+2), a batch in the last year (it is YC Summer 2023) (+1)
- +2
- 6
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 66% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 10% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 4% likely
- Level 1 from the model's reading of its pages; the evidence review found, with quotes, that its AI acts in the work, so the level is 2
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
About Tempo
Tempo is a visual editor for react that gives PMs, designers, and engineers the ability to collaborate visually on code. It offers the familiar UX of a design tool but functions like an IDE under the hood. Tempo is optimized for Vite and Tailwind.
Founders
- Kevin MichaelFounder
- Peter GokhshteynFounder
Launches and news
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