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01. Overview & Pitch Details
SECTION 01 / 05Executive Pitch Summary
Setting up background workers typically requires provisioning Redis clusters, RabbitMQ instances, celery workers, and complex retry logic. When serverless functions time out after 60 seconds, multi-step AI workflows and batch processing fail unpredictably.
Inngest enables durable execution for modern applications. Write complex workflows with `step.run`, `step.sleep`, and `step.waitForEvent` directly inside standard Next.js, Remix, or Express API routes without managing queue servers.
Core Value Propositions
- ยท Durable Multi-Step Execution: Functions automatically pause, resume, and retry individual steps upon failure
- ยท Zero Infrastructure Setup: Connects via HTTP webhooks to your existing serverless functions (Vercel, AWS Lambda, Cloudflare)
- ยท Flow Control & Concurrency: Built-in rate limiting, debouncing, batching, and per-user throttling
- ยท Time-Travel Local Dev Server: Visual execution debugger with step replay, payload inspection, and mock events
- ยท Event-Driven Architecture: Fan-out events to multiple background handlers with cryptographic signature validation
Target Audience & ICP
Backend Engineers, SaaS Founders building AI pipelines, and DevOps Architects
Free Tier
$0/mo
25,000 step executions/mo, 10 concurrent runs, 7-day history retention, local dev server
Growth Plan
$75/mo
250,000 step executions/mo, 100 concurrent runs, 30-day retention, custom concurrency
Enterprise
$490/mo+
10M+ executions, 99.99% SLA, dedicated VPC connectors, custom SSO and audit logs
02. Architecture & Technical Specs
SECTION 02 / 05Primary Tech Stack
Infrastructure & Mesh
AWS us-east-1 + GCP us-central1 multi-region mesh
Security & Compliance
SOC2 Type II Certified ยท HIPAA Compliant ยท HMAC-SHA256 Signed Payloads ยท TLS 1.3
Open API Endpoint
https://api.inngest.com/v1 โSource Code Repository
https://github.com/inngest/inngest โ03. Founder Story & Manifesto
SECTION 03 / 05Origin Story
We built Inngest after spending years repeatedly reinventing distributed background job infrastructure across multiple startups. We wanted durable execution to be as simple as writing standard async/await code.
Maker Thesis
โBackground job execution should be decoupled from infrastructure management and handled via resilient event streams.โ
04. Changelog & Milestones
SECTION 04 / 05v3.22.0
LATEST DEPLOYMENTโข Native AI streaming step functions with token-level pause/resume โข Dynamic batch execution by event property โข Enhanced OpenTelemetry tracing and Grafana dashboards
Upcoming Milestone 01
Stateful human-in-the-loop approval workflows with interactive Slack webhooks
Upcoming Milestone 02
Global edge dispatch routing with localized sub-second execution
05. FAQ & Support
SECTION 05 / 05Q: How does Inngest work on serverless platforms like Vercel?
Inngest communicates with your API routes via HTTP webhooks. When a step completes or sleeps, Inngest saves state and re-invokes your endpoint when ready.
Q: What happens if an individual step in my workflow fails?
Inngest automatically retries only the failed step with exponential backoff, rather than restarting the entire multi-step workflow from the beginning.
Meet the Founder
Verified Maker
Co-Founder & CEO at Inngest
Co-founder and CEO of Inngest, building durable execution, serverless background job queues, and event-driven step functions for modern engineering teams. Passionate about distributed systems resilience, removing queue operational overhead, and enabling developers to write resilient async workflows.
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Zeno Rocha@zenorochaSat Aug 15 2026Durable functions without configuring Redis queues is an absolute superpower.