Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
Parallel Web Systems hits $2B valuation five months after its last big raise
Parallel Web Systems 在上一轮大规模融资五个月后估值达到 20 亿美元
Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has raised a $100 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation led by Sequoia. Existing investors Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Spark Capital, and Terrain Capital also participated, the company said.
由前 Twitter 首席执行官 Parag Agrawal 创立的 AI 智能体工具初创公司 Parallel Web Systems 已完成 1 亿美元的 B 轮融资，估值达到 20 亿美元，本轮融资由红杉资本（Sequoia）领投。该公司表示，现有投资者 Kleiner Perkins、Index Ventures、Khosla Ventures、First Round Capital、Spark Capital 和 Terrain Capital 也参与了本轮投资。
This raise comes just five months after the startup announced its $100 million Series A at a $740 million valuation led by Kleiner and Index, and brings the total capital it raised to $230 million.
此次融资距离该公司宣布由 Kleiner 和 Index 领投的 1 亿美元 A 轮融资（当时估值为 7.4 亿美元）仅过去五个月，使其融资总额达到 2.3 亿美元。
Parallel offers a suite of web search and research APIs specifically for AI agents and names customers such as Clay, Harvey, Notion, and Opendoor. It says its customers include banks and hedge funds (though it has not named them).
Parallel 提供一套专门针对 AI 智能体的网络搜索和研究 API，其客户包括 Clay、Harvey、Notion 和 Opendoor 等。该公司表示，其客户还包括银行和对冲基金（尽管尚未披露具体名称）。
The confidence of investors in Agrawal’s startup has to be particularly gratifying for him after his time at Twitter ended with a subsequent lawsuit. Elon Musk famously fired him and all the top execs after he bought Twitter. Those execs, including Agrawal, sued, alleging that Musk failed to pay the $128 million in severance pay they believe they were owed. In October, Musk settled the case for undisclosed terms.
在 Twitter 任期以诉讼告终后，投资者对 Agrawal 初创公司的信心对他来说无疑是一种极大的慰藉。埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）在收购 Twitter 后解雇了他及所有高管，这一事件广为人知。包括 Agrawal 在内的这些高管随后提起诉讼，指控马斯克未支付他们认为应得的 1.28 亿美元遣散费。去年 10 月，马斯克以未公开的条款与他们达成了和解。
In addition to some big-name customers, Parallel tells TechCrunch it has over 100,000 developers using its products.
除了拥有一些知名客户外，Parallel 还向 TechCrunch 透露，目前有超过 10 万名开发者正在使用其产品。