Josh Miller

CEO of The @BrowserCompany (Arc, Dia)

Board of @UCLAHealthJCCC

[Josh Miller @joshm]

The @browsercompany just signed a merger agreement to be acquired. We will remain independent. Our focus is Dia.

I’ve written and rewritten this post more times than I’d like to admit, but what I keep coming back to is simple: the work continues, and we’re grateful for this moment.

The work continues because when I stop by the coffee shop near our office, nobody is using Dia yet. Our “internet computer” vision hasn’t been realized. Dia hasn’t yet changed how you work on a Tuesday morning. This deal is about giving us the resources, distribution, and monetization muscle to get there.

At the same time, it feels disingenuous not to pause and briefly celebrate this milestone. It reflects our team’s craftsmanship and relentlessness, the support of our coaches, board members, and advisors, and the incredible effort from our deal team: Ryan Purcell from Gunderson, Nancy Peretsman and Leah Schwartz from Allen & Co., and Clare, Abby, Eissra, Rebecca, Cory, Nash, and Hursh from The Browser Company.

Most of all, we’re grateful for what this means for Dia. It means we can hire faster, ship faster, and bring Dia to more people. We can now invest in cross-platform support and secure syncing, train custom AI models designed specifically for Dia, and turn ambitious ideas about “computer use” and “memory” into reality.

To everyone who’s filed a bug, sent feedback, or shared a kind word: thank you. We haven’t always gotten it right, but we’ve always cared deeply. That will never change.

Dia isn’t going anywhere. We’ll be here for the long haul, with the same team just a new partner helping us push further. We’ll take a breath this weekend, and then get back to work. Big launch next month.

In the meantime...

[Dia @diabrowser]

Today, the beginning of a refreshed brand lands in Dia, painted by hand, to give you warmer, brighter, better days.

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@itsjackcohen @dmcgco @diabrowser no we don't have a literally zero chrome mode. you can cmd-s to hide tabs/bar but not the url bar unfortunately.

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@danshipper Really excited for this hang

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@jonasleupe @browsercompany @NickADobos Man I’m excited to follow along! Cc @jonathan_jlo

Also not on X/twitter as much these days, please email me a wrap up at the end? [email protected]

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On repeat rn https://t.co/3GtYLWsATj

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@joshfgray_ it's exactly why we did it, we were trying to counter the "founder hero worship" "visionary" narrative, and show the people actually doing the work. it's why we continue to do stuff like this too: https://t.co/cOFvG9ozul

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These three @browsercompany designers invented WhatsApp's swipe-to-reply interaction, led design for Apple Safari, & created Dia's Morning Brief.

They also just brought Arc Spaces to @diabrowser, and spent 30 min to give you a behind-the-scenes look at their design process:

[Ridd 🤿 @ridd_design]

Dia adding spaces got me to switch from Arc for a week to test it out

Main takeaway: the Morning Brief is incredible

Like scary good

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@malpern @browsercompany @meetgranola Granola is integrated -- available in "Apps" in Settings!

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ChatGPT’s Atlas browser was sunset today. Perplexity’s Comet browser is in zombie mode.

When we started @browsercompany nobody cared about browsers, then everyone did (copying Dia), then everyone bailed.

Yet I’ve never felt more confident browser : AI :: phone : smartphones.

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@ryolu_ you are one of my few inspirations in the industry. hope you have a restful, inspiring, and really fun transition period into wherever you head next. all-star tenure.

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@ajwaxman @scottbelsky @diabrowser Adam, haven’t seen your name in a minute. So happy it clicked for you. I know it’s still very basic in a bunch of ways but it showed us the path. We’re racing.

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Now layer on simple, joyful interfaces that let you do new things you could never do before... we want to make your work day fun in @diabrowser.

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@scottbelsky @diabrowser Really happy to hear that. The system is going to get a lot smarter very soon too.

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@RobSwish Nah they gave up too early because they didn��t really care about the Web like we do. Browsers are why we exist, they align with our values and worldview. If you don’t care that deeply then it’s easier to give up and try a new shiny thing. Not saying we’ll be right but we believe.

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@Davidimel @heyderekj @browsercompany Promise we’re going to make it even better. We feel the momentum internally and it’s invigorating. Wanna do the work of our careers the next 12 months.

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@mhudack @jqlive Oh that’s cool, how would you want it to work in a dream world / what would use case be within Dia?

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@heyimgustavo @diabrowser Our team’s favorite Easter egg feature, hard to go back after you try it

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@y_molodtsov @mhudack Coming soon thanks to @_adena_n

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@micah_lucero @browsercompany Both actually! Let’s take ChatGPT Atlas for example:

1. Our novel approach to Chromium infra was ripped from both

2. Onboarding & interaction details pulled from Arc

3. Chat sidebar & Skills-equivalent pulled from Dia

But Atlas was made by ex-BCNY employees so makes sense

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@heyderekj @browsercompany This fall is gonna be wild

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@quintendf @danshipper We gotchu Quinten, give us a few months!