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In addition to Untitled, I wrote a comprehensive “how-to” guide that covers the art and act of naming. With this process, you can name anything in an afternoon. It is incredibly thorough but can be moved through efficiently. How to Name Anything in an Afternoon

In addition to Untitled, I wrote a comprehensive “how-to” guide that covers the art and act of naming. With this process, you can name anything in an afternoon. It is incredibly thorough but can be moved through efficiently. How to Name Anything in an Afternoon

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Naming a startup is hard. Usually it's chaos: throw words on a whiteboard, argue, and as fatigue hits, settle on good enough. Untitled offers another way. I turned the method I used to name dozens of startups into an app. It's free to try and uses the latest AI models.

Naming a startup is hard. Usually it's chaos: throw words on a whiteboard, argue, and as fatigue hits, settle on good enough. Untitled offers another way. I turned the method I used to name dozens of startups into an app. It's free to try and uses the latest AI models.

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Sports brings people together in really special ways and we Terrain want to add to that. So we’re holding a basketball tournament for the startup community. It’s for all skills levels. Bring your team and friends. Will be a great party. Call your shot, literally. 🏀

Sports brings people together in really special ways and we Terrain want to add to that. So we’re holding a basketball tournament for the startup community. It’s for all skills levels. Bring your team and friends. Will be a great party. Call your shot, literally. 🏀

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Following rapid growth, a $100M Series B, and a slate of new launches, I sat down with Parallel co-founder Travers. Parallel Web Systems is building core search infrastructure for the agentic web: systems that enable AI to retrieve, structure, and reason over information across the internet with speed, accuracy, and reliability. I joined Travers at Parallel’s new Palo Alto office for a wide-ranging conversation on: > The pace going from launch last August to becoming critical infrastructure powering production workflows at companies like Notion, Harvey, Granola, and more. > Why Parallel sees the future of search as far beyond “ten blue links,” toward systems built for retrieval, reasoning, monitoring, and computation. > The changing nature of the web itself: its economics, openness, and what happens as agents become primary users. > The artistry and legacy of internet history shaping the company: Olivetti typewriters, Douglas Hofstadler, Lloyd Shapley, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Google’s Search Box, and how it inspired programs like the Museum of the Human Web. This is an extensive and wide ranging look into one of the most interesting sectors of the agentic web. We Terrain feel lucky to have worked with Travers and the team since the start just two years ago. So much to do.

Following rapid growth, a $100M Series B, and a slate of new launches, I sat down with Parallel co-founder Travers. Parallel Web Systems is building core search infrastructure for the agentic web: systems that enable AI to retrieve, structure, and reason over information across the internet with speed, accuracy, and reliability. I joined Travers at Parallel’s new Palo Alto office for a wide-ranging conversation on: > The pace going from launch last August to becoming critical infrastructure powering production workflows at companies like Notion, Harvey, Granola, and more. > Why Parallel sees the future of search as far beyond “ten blue links,” toward systems built for retrieval, reasoning, monitoring, and computation. > The changing nature of the web itself: its economics, openness, and what happens as agents become primary users. > The artistry and legacy of internet history shaping the company: Olivetti typewriters, Douglas Hofstadler, Lloyd Shapley, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Google’s Search Box, and how it inspired programs like the Museum of the Human Web. This is an extensive and wide ranging look into one of the most interesting sectors of the agentic web. We Terrain feel lucky to have worked with Travers and the team since the start just two years ago. So much to do.

45,891 views • 15 days ago

📍Times Square with Parallel Web Systems & Nasdaq

📍Times Square with Parallel Web Systems & Nasdaq

20,109 views • 22 days ago

Free Agency Season 3: Ideas matter. An eight-week ideas residency in our New York office. Summer 2026. Select, refine, and pressure-test a startup idea before you start the company. Applications now open.

Free Agency Season 3: Ideas matter. An eight-week ideas residency in our New York office. Summer 2026. Select, refine, and pressure-test a startup idea before you start the company. Applications now open.

26,181 views • 1 month ago

Make for yourself. The right people will follow.

Make for yourself. The right people will follow.

93,224 views • 1 year ago

Declare your Free Agency.

Declare your Free Agency.

65,898 views • 1 year ago

We started Free Agency as a space to find an idea worth your time. Before VCs flood your DMs. And the momentum machine kicks in. No equity. No strings attached. Explore, test, build conviction. Structure to move fast. Freedom to call your shot. Season Two opens today.

We started Free Agency as a space to find an idea worth your time. Before VCs flood your DMs. And the momentum machine kicks in. No equity. No strings attached. Explore, test, build conviction. Structure to move fast. Freedom to call your shot. Season Two opens today.

25,728 views • 9 months ago

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