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Title: Atlassian Agrees To Acquire The Browser Co. For $610 Million

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/09/04/144224...

Atlassian said it has agreed to acquire The Browser Co., a startup that
offers a web browser with AI features, for $610 million in cash. CNBC: The
companies aim to close the deal in Atlassian's fiscal second quarter, which
ends in December. Established in 2019, The Browser Co. has gone up against
some of the world's largest companies, including Google, with Chrome, and
Apple, which includes Safari on its computers running MacOS. The startup
debuted Arc, a customizable browser with a built-in whiteboard and the
ability to share groups of tabs, in 2022. The Dia browser, a simpler option
that allows people to chat with an AI assistant about multiple browser tabs
at once, became available in beta in June. Atlassian co-founder and CEO Mike
Cannon-Brookes said he sees shortcomings in the most popular browsers for
those who do much of their work on computers.

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