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Letter to Arc members 2025

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You’re probably wondering what happened. One day we were all-in on Arc. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, we started building something new: Dia. From the outside, this pivot might look abrupt. Arc had real momentum. People loved it. But inside, the decision was slower and more deliberate than it may seem. So I want to walk you through it all and answer your questions — why we started this company, what Arc taught us, what happens to it now, and why we believe Dia is the next step. What we got wrong Why we built Arc Where Arc fell short Why we didn’t integrate Dia into Arc Will we open source Arc Building Dia To start, what would we do differently if we could do it all over again? Too many things to name. But I’ll keep it to three. First, I would’ve stopped working on Arc a year earlier. Everything we ended up concluding — about growth, retention, how people actually used it — we had already seen in the data. We just didn’t want to admit it. We knew. We were just in denial. Second, I wou

Letter to Arc members 2025 On Arc, its future, and the arrival of AI browsers — a moment to answer the largest questions you've asked us this past year. The Browser Company May 26, 2025 862 79 Share Untitled (to a man, George McGovern) 2, Dan Flavin. Dia Beacon, 2024. Dear Arc members, You’re probably wondering what happened. One day we were all-in on Arc. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, we started building something new: Dia. From the outside, this pivot might look abrupt. Arc had real momentum. People loved it. But inside, the decision was slower and more deliberate than it may seem. So I wa

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