# Parag Agrawal

> Parag Agrawal is founder and CEO. Parallel Search and Task APIs on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Founder and CEO.

Parag Agrawal founded Parallel Web Systems, which builds infrastructure for AI agents to use the web. He joined Twitter as a software engineer in 2011, became its CTO in 2017 and was CEO from November 2021 to October 2022. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paragagr/
- X: https://x.com/paraga

## What Parag builds

- [Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/parallel-search-api.md), graded BB, 75.1/100, in Web search APIs. Parallel's web APIs for agents, covering search, page extraction, asynchronous research tasks, closed-ended decisions answered from current web evidence and an OpenAI-compatible Responses endpoint, with hosted Search and Task MCP servers. Founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-26.

## Backed by

- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/)
- [Index Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/index-ventures/)
- [Spark Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/spark-capital/)
- [Khosla Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/khosla-ventures/)
- [First Round Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/first-round-capital/)
- [Terrain](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/terrain/)

## Questions

### Who is Parag Agrawal?

Parag Agrawal founded Parallel Web Systems, which builds infrastructure for AI agents to use the web. He joined Twitter as a software engineer in 2011, became its CTO in 2017 and was CEO from November 2021 to October 2022. He holds a PhD in computer science from Stanford.

### What does Parallel Web Systems make?

Anchor Terminal lists Parallel Search and Task APIs from Parallel Web Systems. Parallel's web APIs for agents, covering search, page extraction, asynchronous research tasks, closed-ended decisions answered from current web evidence and an OpenAI-compatible Responses endpoint, with hosted Search and Task MCP servers.

### Who has invested in Parallel Web Systems?

The sources our research read name Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital and Terrain.

### How are Parag's tools graded?

Parallel Search and Task APIs is graded BB, 75.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/paragagr/
- https://stripe.com/blog/machine-payments-protocol
- https://x.com/paraga
- https://parallel.ai/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallel-web/
- https://parallel.ai/about

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