The Browser Company

AcquiredRaised Since Featured

A better way to use the internet

Developer of Arc and Dia, innovative web browsers designed to give users greater control, organization, and focus online.

Founded August 2019Brooklyn, NY~100-125 people$128M raisedFeatured at Series A

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About

The Browser Company was founded in 2019 by Josh Miller and Hursh Agrawal with a mission to reimagine how people interact with the web. Their first product, Arc, launched in 2022 and introduced a radical departure from traditional browsers with vertical tabs, customizable Spaces, and AI-powered productivity tools. Arc quickly gained a cult following in the tech and creative communities, growing to millions of users by 2024. In December 2024, the company announced Dia, an AI-native browser designed from the ground up. Unlike Arc's power-user approach, Dia is built for mainstream users with AI woven throughout — conversational browsing, contextual awareness across tabs, and custom Skills for repeated tasks. In September 2025, Atlassian acquired The Browser Company for $610 million in cash. The company continues to operate independently, developing Dia and maintaining Arc while integrating with Atlassian's productivity suite.

DailyDropout Take

The Browser Company caught our eye as a rare team bold enough to challenge Chrome's dominance — led by a founder who went from the Obama White House to reimagining the browser. With an all-star angel roster (LinkedIn, Figma, Instagram, Notion founders) and a design-forward approach to web browsing, they were building something genuinely different. The $610M Atlassian acquisition validated the thesis.

Discovery signal: Exceptional founder pedigree (White House, Facebook acquisitions), unprecedented angel investor roster of tech CEOs, and viral product adoption in tech and design communities.

What Makes Them Unique

The Browser Company reimagined the browser from the ground up — Arc pioneered vertical tabs, Spaces, and AI-powered browsing features that inspired the industry. Dia takes this further as a fully AI-native browser where intelligence is woven into every interaction, not bolted on as a sidebar.

Millions

Arc Users

$610M

Acquisition Price

$550M

Series B Valuation

Target Markets

Knowledge WorkersCreative ProfessionalsDevelopersEnterprise Teams

Founders

Josh Miller

Co-Founder & CEO

Left Princeton to build Branch Media, acquired by Facebook in 2014. Served as the White House's first Director of Product under President Obama. Was an investor at Thrive Capital before co-founding The Browser Company in 2019.

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Hursh Agrawal

Co-Founder & CTO

Co-founded Branch with Josh Miller (acquired by Facebook). Software engineer at Facebook, then Interim CTO at Thirty Madison. Co-founded The Browser Company in 2019.

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