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thor-rodrigues ◴[] No.45129033[source]
I’m not sure whether I find it more worrisome or fascinating that we live in a world where a company that, as far as I know, has never generated a single dollar in revenue has managed to exist for over five years, employ more than 100 people, and still get acquired for this amount.

This isn’t criticism or sarcasm — I’m genuinely impressed, but also very curious about the rationale behind it.

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colelyman ◴[] No.45129191[source]
Agreed, to make it even more interesting Browser Company discontinued Arc earlier this year. So not only did they do all of the things OP listed, but also didn't have a current product when acquired.
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1. ar_lan ◴[] No.45130146[source]
They have "Dia" - which is Chrome + AI chat?

https://www.diabrowser.com/

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2. dbbk ◴[] No.45130245[source]
Chrome + AI chat is... Chrome + Gemini though
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3. ActionHank ◴[] No.45130296[source]
Shhh... don't tell Atlassian.
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4. jrflowers ◴[] No.45131286[source]
When I saw that domain my first thought was it looks like they came up with the name by combining “diabetes” with “browser”
5. loloquwowndueo ◴[] No.45131441{3}[source]
Lest they attempt to buy Google instead.
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6. ActionHank ◴[] No.45138376{4}[source]
I think I would be ok with that, they can both be a mid, bureaucratic, mess together.