Parag Agrawal
Parag Agrawal is an Indian software engineer and businessman who currently serves as the founder and CEO of Parallel Web Systems, a startup building web infrastructure for AI agents. He previously spent over a decade at Twitter, where he rose from software engineer to chief technology officer and then served as CEO of Twitter, Inc. from November 2021 until October 2022, when he was fired following Elon Musk's acquisition of the company. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford University and a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
“Parallel was founded in 2023 and has raised $230M, most recently a $100M Series B at a $2B valuation in April 2026.”
“Builds web search and research APIs for AI agents; founded in 2023 by Parag Agrawal.”
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