▶ 2:41 · $PARALLEL-WEB-SYSTEMS · Parallel Web Systems raises $100M to build AI-native web infrastructure

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Former Twitter CEO Building AI Web Infrastructure, Waymo’s Freeway Expansion | Nov 14, 2025

2025-11-15 · 2 company · 4 thematic

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Former CEO of Twitter (over a decade at the company, rising from engineer to CTO to CEO). Founded Parallel Web Systems two years ago to build web infrastructure optimized for AI agents, recently raised $100M at a $740M valuation.

sid sheth

30-year semiconductor veteran; started career at Intel, previously built a $3B business at Inphi (sold to Marvell). Founded D-Matrix in 2019 to build inference-specific accelerators; recently raised $275M at a $2B valuation targeting enterprise AI workloads.

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“When we started the company, the motivation was that it was clear what the future would be. AIs would use the web a lot more than humans ever have. And so now the web has to evolve for its new customer AI. ... We're building tools, optimiz…”

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