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Parag Agrawal
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Parag Agrawal

Parag Agrawal

CEO and Founder, Parallel

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Parag Agrawal's Career

Parallel

Parallel

Series B$230MSan Francisco, CA, US
CEO and Founder

Recent news

Parallel Launches Index, A New Model For Compensating Content OwnersPR Newswire · 2026
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raiseTechCrunch · 2026
Parallel: Building the infrastructure for AIKleiner Perkins · 2025

Leadership at Parallel

Graham MorenoGraham MorenoHead of Go-To-Market
Travers NisbetTravers NisbetCo-founder

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SerpApi provides APIs that return structured results from public search engines.

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Scrapeless provides cloud browsers, scraping APIs, and proxy infrastructure for AI agents and data teams.

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Brave Software, Inc. develops privacy-focused web tools, including a browser and search engine, shielding users from web ads and trackers.

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Twitter

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AT&T Labs

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