Archive · 18 Aug 2025
Ex-Twitter CEO Agrawal Launches AI Research Startup
Parag Agrawal, who used to be the boss of Twitter (now X), has started a new company called Deep Research API.
This company is building tools to help AI be better at doing research and figuring things out.
Agrawal says that the API is already better than some of the top AI systems, like GPT-5.
The new tool is also exceeding what humans can do when it comes to accuracy.
Deep Research API already handles lots of research work every day for different businesses.
Former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal launched Deep Research API.
The startup is based in Palo Alto, California.
Agrawal claims the API outperforms GPT-5 on benchmarks.
The tool aims to surpass humans and AI models in research tasks.
Deep Research API is handling millions of research tasks daily.
- Who
- Parag Agrawal, former Twitter CEO, is the founder.
- What
- Parag Agrawal launched Deep Research API, an AI startup.
- When
- Launched after leaving Twitter.
- Where
- Palo Alto, California.
- Why
- To create a tool that surpasses humans and AI models in high-level reasoning and research tasks.
- Founder
- Parag Agrawal
- Startup Name
- Deep Research API
- Location
- Palo Alto, California
- Focus
- AI Research
- Former Role
- CEO of Twitter (now X)
- Performance Claim
- Outperforms GPT-5 on benchmarks
