The company behind Arc is now building a second, much simpler browser

Josh Miller says his company isn’t leaving Arc behind, but it's back to building the “operating system for the internet” it always hoped to create.

The Verge (www.theverge.com)

(via @cassidoo)

@zachleat is this the “we couldn’t figure out how to monetise arc so we’re doing ai browser because investors like that” part

@fox I think we passed that gate awhile back, for those keeping score https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/3/23898907/arc-max-ai-browser-mac-ios

@zachleat @cassidoo I interviewed with them when they were first starting out and they were pretty much focused on the idea that Chrome sucked and they could "reinvent it" but had basically no interest in the history of browsers or which browsers already had or tried & removed the features they were talking about. Just a very SV monoculture perspective. (They didn't like me and I didn't like them and I didn't get the job lol).

@ak @cassidoo sounds like it wasn’t a good match for you! Good you found out early