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Visual Editor for React, powered by AI

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3.4Score#255 of 999 agents#12 of 40 in Software engineer
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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 ·

  1. Proof

    Do customers use it? 30% of the score

    0

    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)

  2. Scale

    Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score

    5

    8 people, raised $5.0M.

    • +3
      8 people on its YC page5 to 9 people
    • +2
      Raised $5.0M (Seed)Tempo's $5M Seed To Empower The Design Engineering MovementSource · 22 Oct 2025
  3. Momentum

    Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score

    4

    Shows hiring and funding news.

    • +2
      Hiring: 3 open rolesSoftware Engineer, Full Stack (In-Person - Toronto), Software Engineer, LLMs & AI Agents (In-Person - Toronto), Founding Product Designer YC page
    • +2
      Funding 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)

  4. Autonomy

    How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score

    6

    Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

    • +6
      Level 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.

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

Launches and news

  1. News22 Oct 2025Tempo's $5M Seed To Empower The Design Engineering Movement
  2. Launch YC11 Mar 2025Tempo V2: Build React Apps 10X Faster With AITempo is where designers and developers collaborate on code
  3. Launch YC24 Jul 2023Tempo Labs - Build UIs 10X faster with AIAI design & prototyping tool which contributes react code directly to your codebase

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