diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index de861ded9..6e00e0d8b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ pytest-mock==3.11.1
 open-interpreter==0.1.4; python_version>"3.9"
 ta==0.10.2
 semantic-kernel==0.3.10.dev0
-
+parea-ai
diff --git a/startup.py b/startup.py
index e2a903c9b..e680acc0a 100644
--- a/startup.py
+++ b/startup.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import asyncio
 
 import fire
+from parea import init, RedisCache
 
 from metagpt.roles import (
     Architect,
@@ -14,6 +15,12 @@
 from metagpt.software_company import SoftwareCompany
 
 
+# set this to True to use caching of LLM calls and being able to benchmark function across many inputs in parallel
+IS_DEV = True
+if IS_DEV:
+    init(cache=RedisCache())
+
+
 async def startup(
     idea: str,
     investment: float = 3.0,