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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Saturday, September 26, 2026

Parallel's Pagg Agrawal on Agentic Search and the Future of Web Search

Pagg Agrawal, founder of Parallel, describes his company as the "Google for agents," aiming to build the technology and business models for how agents search the web. He posits that agents will use the web 1000X more than humans, necessitating new, more efficient search technologies and business models.

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“Parallel is the Google for agents. So agents need to search the web to do anything they do for you, whether it's a personal agent or an agent built for work.”
“Turns out agents are different from humans in the way you build web search for agents is different. Parallel is about building the technology for agents to search the web and then the business models to make that sustainable.”
“literally the first genesis of the company was the statement that agents will use the web 1000X more than humans.”
Heard on The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) — “20VC: Five Predictions for a World of Agents | The Ads Business Model Will Die | Biggest Lessons from Working with Elon Musk at Twitter with Parag Agrawal, Parallel”, published Saturday, September 26, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Parallel's Pagg Agrawal on Agentic Search and the Future of Web Search — Heardvine