"In 2020, a small group of people bet their careers on something unfashionable: reinventing the web browser."
I’m so grateful for this team, from my first day (5.5 years ago!) to today.
And we’re not done yet! See you on the internet 🌐
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...
@nbaschez@diabrowser Hi Nathan! So sorry about this, go ahead and update Dia (Dia > check for updates) and you should be good to go. We just pushed a fix for this last night.
The Membership Team at @browsercompany is hiring for Issue Prevention!
In these roles, you'll get your hands dirty triaging, troubleshooting, and resolving the issues that matter most to our members - making sure every release is stable and delightful.
🧵for links! DMs open.
@nolandimensions@joshm Hi! Here to help.
1) confimr you're on on the latest update (Dia > Check for Updates)
2) you should see a [Skills +] button in the upper right corner of your New Tab page.
3) this should take you to a skills creator with the reasoning dropdown.
Are you seeing the feature?
🔆 We're in the @nytimes thanks to you!
Hear how journalist @bxchen uses Dia to:
- Copy edit in Google Docs
- Read NYT articles
- Find his ideal car jump starter on YouTube