Walker: Tembo will have million-dollar-a-year enterprise customers
Ry Walker · Woah! Unicorn Founder Quits Unicorn During $213M Raise, Launches Something Bigger · Aug 8, 2025 · at 12:06
Tembo founder Rye Walker discusses enterprise contract potential and target account sizes with Nathan Latka.
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“No, we'll, we'll have million dollar a year customers. We have Fortune 50 prospect right now that, you know, they have nothing like this.”
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