Atlassianan expert company in productivity and collaboration software for companies and work teams, It has confirmed the purchase of The Brower Company, a company dedicated to the development of browsers with AI. Specifically, day and arc. Atlassian will pay for her about 610 million dollars in cash. If everything goes according to the forecasts of both parties, the operation will be closed throughout the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 of the buyer.
Atlassian’s plans for the products and technology of The Browser Company are going to advance in the sector of browsers with AI, which enjoys great attraction in the sector. Specifically, both companies have expressed their intention to prepare browsers for knowledge related to knowledge at a stage in which everything suggests that AI will have a lot of presence.
Atlassian and The Browser Company intend, therefore, to turn the browser with AI for work, for which they will make it optimized for software applications as a service with which they do their work known as knowledge workers. Whether the work they do implies the writing of emails, the use of a project management tool or a design application, the tabs of this browser will be enriched with a utility context to advance in work.
In addition, it will incorporate AI capabilities and memory of the work done to relate apps, eyelashes and tasks. All developed with always safety and reliability, in addition to preparing the browser so that the data of the companies that are used with it are protected. As for the ARC browser, the plans that Atlassian can have for him are still unknown.
Mike Cannon-Broakes, CEO of Atlassian and one of its foundersremember that «Today’s browsers did not develop to work, but to navigate. This agreement is a great step forward in the reinvention of the browser for intellectual work in the AI era. By combining the passion of The Browser Company for creating browsers highly appreciated with our two decades of experience in the functioning of intellectual workers, we see a great opportunity to transform the way of working. Together, we will create an optimized -based browser for the numerous SAAS applications that are executed in tabs, a browser that will love to use knowledge every day«.
Josh Miller, director of The Browser Company, and one of its foundersemphasizes that «For workers who use laptops, the browser is the place where their work really develops, where they spend hours working with tabs every day. That context, in addition to access to its tools, is incredibly valuable for AI. Atlassian understands. Working together means that we can advance faster, dream big and focus on creating a browser with AI for the work that people love to use, one in which companies trust, but that it is personal for each individual«.
