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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

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Briefings

Parag Agrawal, Co-Founder and CEO of Parallel, predicts a future where AI agents will disrupt web search infrastructure, potentially causing the decline of the traditional advertising model. He previously served as CEO of Twitter, succeeding Jack Dorsey after a tenure as CTO and first Distinguished Engineer. The podcast agenda covers critical questions about agent capabilities, model routing, and the fate of ad revenue, with Parag expressing a desire for a competitive race to the bottom on pricing.

Key points

• Parag Agrawal, Co-Founder and CEO of Parallel, predicts a future where AI agents will disrupt web search infrastructure, potentially causing the decline of the traditional advertising model.
• Parag Agrawal previously served as CEO of Twitter, succeeding Jack Dorsey after a tenure as CTO and first Distinguished Engineer.

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Evidence covers only the podcast agenda and Parag's background; specific predictions, dates, or causal claims remain unverified.

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