The Browser Company of New York in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by The Browser Company of New York.
The Browser Company of New York makes the free Arc browser and the newer Dia browser. Atlassian bought the company in October 2025, so the work is now paid for by a listed parent rather than by charging for Arc, which the company says receives only Chromium updates.
Founded
2019
Based in
New York
Chief executive
Josh Miller
Raised
$128 million
Valuation
$488.3 million
Latest round
Funding round, $50 million
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from The Browser Company of New York’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by The Browser Company of New York. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2019
The year The Browser Company of New York was founded, in New York
In a sentence
The Browser Company of New York makes the free Arc browser and the newer Dia browser. Atlassian bought the company in October 2025, so the work is now paid for by a listed parent rather than by charging for Arc, which the company says receives only Chromium updates.
In a paragraph
The Browser Company of New York was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, with a Brooklyn office in Williamsburg and a remote-friendly team. Josh Miller is its co-founder and Chief Executive Officer; Hursh Agrawal is a co-founder. The careers page gives no headcount. It says the team is remote-friendly and about 60% of employees live outside New York, across six time zones. It has raised $128 million, most recently a Funding round in March 2024. Its last reported valuation was $488.3 million, in October 2025.
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Fact sheet
Company
The Browser Company of New York
Founded
2019
Based in
New York, with a Brooklyn office in Williamsburg and a remote-friendly team
Team
The careers page gives no headcount. It says the team is remote-friendly and about 60% of employees live outside New York, across six time zones.
Raised
$128 million
Last valuation
$488.3 million (October 2025)
Website
arc.net
Products we list
Arc
Ownership: Part of a larger company
Atlassian's annual report says it acquired 100% of The Browser Company of New York Inc. on 20 October 2025, and the company has said it keeps operating separately under Atlassian.
Leadership
JM
Josh Miller
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
HA
Hursh Agrawal
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Hiring
The Ashby job board linked from its careers page lists five open roles: four in engineering and one in business and operations.
Part 02 · Funding
The money
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
$128M
Raised in total, over 2 announced rounds
All of it was raised before Atlassian bought the company in October 2025. TechCrunch put the total at $128 million across several rounds, with backers including Jeff Weiner, Ev Williams, Dylan Field, Akshay Kothari, Jason Warner, Pace Capital and Next Play Ventures.
Announced rounds, oldest first. Bar heights are to scale.
Every announced round
Mar 21, 2024Funding round$50 millionLed by Pace Capital. techcrunch.com
Jul 14, 2020Funding roundAbout $5 millionWith Jeff Weiner, Ev Williams, Dylan Field, Akshay Kothari, Jason Warner. techcrunch.com
Investors named
Pace Capital
Akshay Kothari
Dylan Field
Ev Williams
Jason Warner
Jeff Weiner
Filled: led at least one round. As each announcement names them.
Last valuation
$488.3 million
October 2025
Atlassian's annual report gives a total purchase price of $488.3 million for the 20 October 2025 acquisition; TechCrunch reported the deal in September 2025 as $610 million in cash.
What they make
Arc, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Arc
Chromium-based browser with Spaces, Profiles and Split View
BrowsersFree plan4.9 on the App Store
3.4GPA
Best for keeping work and personal tabs in one window. Spaces and Profiles keep work, study and personal browsing apart inside one window, and the whole thing is free.
AValue
AFree
CFeatures
AEase
BPlatforms
Arc’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 04 · News
News and contacts
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
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Open roles on The Browser Company of New York's careers page
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