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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

2026-09-26 · 57 min · 14 entities

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Parag Agrawal is the Co-Founder and CEO of Parallel, building web search infrastructure for AI agents. Parallel has announced $230M in funding from Sequoia, Khosla, and First Round Capital. Previously, he was CEO of Twitter, succeeding Jack Dorsey after serving as CTO and becoming the company's first Distinguished Engineer. AGENDA: 03:00 What Breaks When Agents Search the Web 1,000x More? 07:00 Speed, Cost or Accuracy: What Do Agents Really Need? 13:00 Will Tiny Models Catch Today's Most Powerful AI? 16:00 Is Model Routing a Commodity? 21:00 Is Amazon Making a Mistake by Blocking AI Agents? 23:00 Does the Ads Business Model Die in a World of Agents? 27:00 Can You Pay Publishers Without Killing Your Margins? 33:00 Why Parag Wants a Race to the Bottom on Price 43:00 What Stops Your AI Agent Breaking the Rules to Get Results? 45:00 Why AI Hacks Should Embarrass the Labs 52:00 What Parag Saw Working With Elon Musk