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Parallel Web Systems, a three-year-old Palo Alto startup that provides infrastructure for AI agents to search the web, raised a $100 million Series B round at a $2 billion post-money valuation. The deal was led by Sequoia Capital, with previous investors Kleiner Perkins, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures also participating. The company has raised a total of $230 million.

  1. Gauri Gupta in SF (Co-Founder @ NeoSigma)

    1. Role: Early Team & MTS @ Parallel Web Systems (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: ML Research @ Apple, Researcher @ MIT Media Lab (PhD dropout), IIT Delhi BS Math & CS

    3. Description: "At NeoSigma, we are building the future of self-improving AI systems.”

  2. Shubham Gupta in SF (Stealth)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Parallel Web Systems (2 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: SWE @ Waymo, SWE @ Bloomberg, IIT Roorkee BS CS, UCSD MS CS

    3. Description: Stealth since 2025

Rogo, a NYC-based generative AI platform for financial services, raised a $160M Series D led by Kleiner Perkins, with Sequoia, Thrive Capital, Khosla Ventures, J.P. Morgan, BoxGroup, and Mantis VC at a $2B valuation. Total raised $300M+. Used by 35,000+ professionals at 250+ institutions including Lazard, Nomura, J.P. Morgan, and Bank of America.

  1. Joseph McCombs in South Bend (CTO & Co-Founder @ Stealth Startup)

    1. Role: 1st FTE & Founding Engineer @ Rogo (3.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Research Programmer @ University of Notre Dame, Indiana University South Bend BS CS

    3. Description: Stealth since 5/25

    4. Contact: GitHub

  2. Nikolai Stakheiko in NYC (Founder @ HomeFig)

    1. Role: Founding Engineer @ Rogo (1.5 yrs)

    2. Other Experience: Sr SWE @ Vizcom

    3. Description: “Building the next generation of architectural and design 3D tooling”

  3. Matt Vickers in NYC (Stealth)

    1. Role: Head of Product @ Rogo (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Director of PM @ Ramp, GM of Product @ Xero, Columbia MBA

    3. Description: “Working on something new”

    4. Twitter

Dex, a London-based recruitment platform, raised $5.3M in seed funding. Notion Capital led, joined by a16z and Concept Ventures.

  1. Harry Uglow in London (Stealth)

    1. Role: Co-Founder & CTO @ Dex (1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Sr SWE @ Atomico, Imperial College MEng Computing (AI)

    3. Description: Stealth since 4/26

  2. Ryan Codrai in London (Potential Founder)

    1. Role: Technical Lead @ Dex (<1 yr)

    2. Other Experience: Lead MTS @ Convergence, Founder @ PyDocs, Principal ML Engineer @ Builder.ai, Cardiff BSc CS

    3. Description: Left Dex 3/26

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