# Parag Agrawal (slim)

> 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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Founder and CEO.

Parag Agrawal founded Parallel Web Systems, which builds infrastructure for AI agents to use the web.

- 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.

### What does Parallel Web Systems make?

Anchor Terminal lists Parallel Search and Task APIs from Parallel Web Systems.

### 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

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.