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lukasleverton Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)

Parallel Web Systems | San Francisco/Palo Alto | ONSITE | Full-time

Parallel builds web infrastructure for AI: think low level primitives for retrieval and automation but also high-level structured products for performing repetitive tasks using AI + web data: enrichment, deep research, web monitoring, etc. - our founder is Parag Agrawal, ex-CEO of Twitter. We raised $130M.

We're hiring for 12 roles:

- GTM - Forward-deployed engineers - AI Researchers - Front end dev + More

If you don't see a role that suits you, get in touch. Same user on X/LI.

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/parallel

lukasleverton The Parallel Search API

You may be looking at our first benchmarks on the homepage— the latest ones for the Search API were conducted against GPT-5: https://parallel.ai/blog/introducing-parallel-search

lukasleverton The Parallel Search API

There are very broad consequences for a world that no longer accesses the web primarily through Google Search. We're building for that too!

lukasleverton The Parallel Task MCP Server

An MCP server that uses the Parallel Task API to perform deep research and enrichment tasks with data from the open web.

lukasleverton Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android

Doesn't this kill two birds with one stone?

Forcing users to pay for apps rather than install pirated APK's and unlocked apps both raises Google's revenue and reduces the risks of malware and scams.

The consequence is naturally, the savvy users who know how to avoid risks lose the ability to have more control over their phone.

lukasleverton Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5B Offer for Chrome

That has yet to do any successful ads at scale**

lukasleverton Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5B Offer for Chrome

https://search.brave.com

Both Kagi and Perplexity are customers of Brave, btw. See https://brave.com/api or just ask if you have questions. Will answer what I can for anyone curious.

lukasleverton The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public

Dunno about DDG but on Brave Search you can turn off the AI summaries if you prefer not to have them. Disclosure: I work at Brave.

lukasleverton The force-feeding of AI features on an unwilling public

The irony is it’ll likely be the opposite.

lukasleverton US vs. Google amicus curiae brief of Y Combinator in support of plaintiffs [pdf]

We do: brave.com/api

lukasleverton N8n – Flexible AI workflow automation for technical teams

n8n is a unique name that for now I think works to differentiate them. Time will tell if they keep it.