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Parallel Web Systems

Web search and research APIs built for AI agents

Pace
3:30/kmSprint5.0
Distance
Distance 10K.
Open ops roles
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Last week
#69
Move
▼ 10
Peak
#69
Weeks in the 100
2
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Board rank
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Pace score
02465Oct 185Oct 25

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Sprint 3:30/kmParallel Web SystemsFirecrawlExa
Race 4:05/km
Tempo 4:40/kmPerplexity
Steady 5:20/km
Warm-up 6:00/km
Cool-down 6:30/km
Parallel Web Systems runs in the Sprint lane, alongside 2 rivals. Rivals on Well Run sit in their own pace lanes; further right = more momentum. Tap one to open its page.Also competes with: Tavily, Brave Search API
Total raised
$230Msee rounds ↓
Headcount
~50as of Apr 2026 gate.com ↗
Founded
2023
HQ
Palo Alto, CA

Leadership

The problem

AI agents need reliable, cited access to the live web, not a human search engine

What they do

Web search and research APIs built for AI agents

Traction 100,000+ developers; customers include Harvey, Notion, Clay

Hiring trend

Open roles
27
Headcount
~80

~50 (Jan) to 81 staff (May 2026); 27 open roles

Hiring in

  • Palo Alto
  • San Francisco
  • New York

Funding

Last round
$100M
Stage
Series B
Date
Apr 2026

Led by Sequoia

Distance

10K · edge: learns from use

100,000+ developers use its web index, but rivals and AI labs offer agent search too.

Sources: PR Newswire via Yahoo Finance: Parallel raises at $2B (Apr 2026) ↗

Open ops roles

No ops roles open right now

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

News timeline

  1. Jul 2026Partners with Google Cloud for agentic web search on Gemini Enterprise prnewswire.com ↗
  2. Apr 2026Raises $100M Series B led by Sequoia at $2B valuation techcrunch.com ↗
  3. Apr 2026Ships upgrades to Search and Extract APIs parallel.ai ↗
  4. Nov 2025Raises $100M Series A at $740M co-led by Kleiner Perkins and Index siliconangle.com ↗

Funding historyTotal raised $230M

  1. Apr 2026Series B$100Mat $2BLed by Sequoia Capital techcrunch.com ↗
  2. Nov 2025Series A$100Mat $740MLed by Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures ca.finance.yahoo.com ↗
  3. Jan 2024Seed$30MLed by Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, First Round Capital siliconangle.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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