Parag Agrawal

Companies founded

Parallel Web Systems

Founder · 2023 – present

$2B valuation (2026)Unicorn

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Work history

Past roles by Dealroom records.

X.

CEO · CTO · 2011 – 2022

$44B valuation (2025)Decacorn

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AT&T

Researcher · 2010

$150B valuation (2026)

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Yahoo!

Researcher · 2007 – 2008

$5.5B valuation (2021)Unicorn

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Microsoft

Researcher · 2006 – 2009

$3.9T valuation (2026)

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Education

Stanford University

PhD · Computer Science · 2005 – 2012

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Computer Science

Talks 2

Interviews and talks Dealroom has written up, with the key moments.

Parallel's Parag Agrawal: The Web Is 5,000x Undersized for AI Agents

Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Oct 2026

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Parag Agrawal: why the ads business model dies with agents

20VC · Sept 2026

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