Why we just raised a new round of funding | Ep 0
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- Опубликовано: 20 мар 2024
- "We Might Not Make It" is a new limited series that breaks down the top 5 reasons The Browser Company might not make it to the end of next year. (And why we think we can.)
This is us opening up our playbook - sharing our insights on our company and the industry we're navigating.
🎥 Follow along: www.wemightnotmakeit.tv
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Read "You Have To Be In The Water", an essay by Chris Paik, the investor behind our latest round of funding 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1U... 
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If you do break, make Arc open source and give it to the community!
Let's upvote this brilliant comment!
Seriously, and it would be nice if they'd commit to that. It would also drive adoption, because nobody wants to be left in a lurch when their browser just suddenly goes away.
Of course they won't do that, if they don't make it they are just going to sell the IP for someone that will create a subscription and still do all the data mining crap on top of it
lol they would just sell out than make it open source. there is little money to be made if people can just compile the browser
True, but sometimes taking a risk is warranted if the benefit is substantial enough. So, if by doing so they made many more people adopt the platform it could be worth such a commitment. Not to mention, I know many including me are jaded by the current state of corporate greed, but it is possible to act with ethics in mind.
I couldn't cope with going back to a standard browser. Arc has made everything so much easier to manage.
Same. I'm much more organized and productive now.
I couldn't go back to windows (yet) mainly because of Arc. I can't deal with standard browsers anymore
@@NouinouH when someone shares their screen and all you can think is “how on earth do you find the tab you need?”
Same here after over 1 year of use, I love it. I just never open chrome anymore on my Mac although I still need to use it on my android phone 😞It is that game changing. Keep it up!
@@NouinouHits on windows too
Love how transparent The Browser Company is with what's going on. It makes me a bit nostalgic of the times I worked at a start up haha
it's not fully transparent if its not open source. but better than ms edge and opera i guess.
@@rizqifebri3205 I meant transparent in the sense of what they're working on and what they're dealing with as a company. Definitely not open source but I don't believe that's the goal. There are plenty of great open source browsers like Chromium, Firefox, or Brave if that's the priority.
These guys are mastering emotional marketing - I would be a tad cautious in drinking all their kool aid. Don't get me wrong, I'm routing for them!
@@rizqifebri3205 Anything is better than Opera
Marketing
Ever since I started using Arc, whenever a situation comes along where I have to use a different browser, that sick feeling in my stomach always appears, like, "Ugh, noooooo. I thought I didn't need to eat that anymore!"
Are you okay that you need to Sign Up to use Arc? ⛔not in my case! When a CTO says you need an account and that it's not nefarious, the fine print is always "for now", no matter how nice they seem to be. IMO siuch a company will have to deal a lot of trouble.
I don’t think handing them an email is the end of the world. But their business model - in my opinion, may not work.
@@richardsilvertoneman handing them your email means they'll be able to track you on the web, which might lead to selling your data in the future to make money
not looking forward to them making AI browser
What? I'm already worried about going bankrupt... and you're talking about some AI...
I don't think that start-ups will dominate the browser space.
@@theInvestBoat Google dominates the search engine space -so far at least. Google was a start up. So was Meta, and all other giant tech of today. Microsoft was a start up when they conquered 90%+ of the computer market. That's quite some more than the "browser" market, if such a thing even exists...
I founded a startup with a team about 6 years ago, we have and are doing things in a very non-typical way. We have been blessed year by year in crazy ways to keep our company going and growing despite all odds, and typically at the last minute, God comes in and says "I am not done with you yet" and somehow, miraculously, the journey continues every time and better than before.What you all are doing documenting your journey and being open about it, is very cool and myself and probably so many others wish they did this when they weren't in the place they wanted to be. I think we are all thinking, we will tell our story when we make it, and later we realize there is never and end just more growth and new battles that we are hopefully more equipped for.
I guess this mellow dramatic short story of a comment is to say, I love what you all are doing, both in product and in story. Rooting for you all for the journey to keep going.
Good for you Caleb! God is good!
TL;DR version: thank goodness for venture capital 😂
You mean "melodramatic", not "mellow dramatic".
@@gracelandtoo6240 The goal was to be more "ehh." than "AHHH!", I wanted to be much more mellow about it all... lol
Guys, make a paid Pro version for the costly computing elements! I can’t go back to traditional browser, and I don’t want my data to be mined by big corp… Thanks a bunch and keep it forwarding moving and well intended ❤
The things that sucks is their features will just be ripped off by Google, etc.
@@justSomeUserOnYT”People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.”
I'd subscribe!! ✨
You guys need to make it... switching back to another browser is not an option for me... I'm too much in love with Arc!
Same!
I don't want to go back to another browser.
That pretty much sums it up as far as value proposition you have on the market right now.
Finally some new Arc content on YT. Looking forward to the next episode, and we'll be rooting for you guys!
I ❤ARC and hope you make it work!
I applaud your boldness and transparency. Unshipping to center yourselves around the core features, that's a bold move. I'm rooting for you guys!
You need to stick around. Also, you've already solved tabs for me for the most part. I love how you operate. Keep going!
We believe in this. You believe in this. You guys are gonna make it and we are all here for it.
Love ARC, can't imagine my online life without it! Keep the great service!
Starting this with J Dilla’s “Bye.” Just moved me to the core, and this thing is a trailer for how you guys might or might not be gone in a year, so I don’t who picked that song but oh my god they did a beyond perfect work in choosing it, huuuuge props, seriously
This seems to be the first Dilla reference. You have my upvote, if this platform calls it that.
I 200% consider PAYING for using arc. This browser has hands down changed the way we use internet.
They probably accept donations right now if you wanted to?
I gave arc a try after I ditched chrome for safari. I'm a developer who uses vim (btw), and prefer using the keyboard whenever I can.
i feel the way arc organizes profiles, spaces, and tabs, makes it very keyboard friendly to switch between stuff, cmd+s to show the sidebar, ctr+num to switch between spaces, etc...
air traffic control is also a great feature.
some arc max features are neat but I don't use them that much.
the arc team seems great, im also a dev who works in a startup so i relate a lot.
i don't mind paying for arc if that means I can keep using it
I'm using the Windows version, after waiting more than a year to be able to use it, and now I refuse to use another browser in my life, so I hope you make it, and if not, that at least it remains for the community in the future.
Arc for Windows needs to come out of beta
Please don’t die! ❤ You guys and the browser are amazing - such a breath of fresh air!
I think many people would even pay for a small subscription. I don’t think it should just be for the AI stuff (I pretty much don’t use it), but just a fee to support you guys in general would definitely be something I’m willing to pay. I guess there’s also some people around here that could come up with some power user features that you could paywall which wouldn’t use regular users.
I mean, we all spend so much time in a browser in any week, that it would only make sense to pay to get a better and more efficient experience! I barely touched any other browser for so long already, and whenever I do they all feel ancient now!
Absolutely admire how bold of a move you're making with this video series! I applaud you all at The Browser Company. You're setting an example for all startups around the world to follow! I'd love to work with y'all!
Good luck! I genuinely can’t imagine my day-to-day without Arc
Guys! Please make it, Im sure the community will help you, Arc has been a life changing experience for me
I mentioned this when I applied to your ML Position: Marketing, marketing, marketing is the key; which requires lots of $$$
First of all: I LOVE ARC. But when I saw the introduction of the video and you saying "Idk if we are going to make it" and then the cutscene where you a drinking san pellegrino. Here is the first step: cut out the water that cost 20x normal water prices! :D
Love the transparency! And continue to love using Arc! Keep up the great work!
Two cents as a long term user of Arc - I have absolutely ZERO interest in AI / Talk based interfaces until the Tab interface problem is "solved". Right now I feel like I have about half the tools I need to manage tabs as an information worker.
My use case might be very different from yours, I don't know that we share a common definition of "tab interface problem", but for me it was solved by Vivaldi's vertical tab bar and workspaces. The vertical bar makes it so much easier to identify tabs, and workspaces keeps everything nicely segmented into logical collections instead of cluttering up my default workspace where I spend most of my time.
It should be said that I've only casually had a quick peek at Arc. It not being widely available on Windows yet makes it a non-starter for me, as I use both operating systems. But from what limited experience I have with it, I didn't "get it" at all. Whatever its killer feature is, it was not obvious to me.
vivaldi's vertical tab bar is pretty cool but for some reason after some months of use vivaldi has gotten excruciatingly slow. there is lag when typing on the address bar.
i am now back at firefox even though i consider vivaldi better feature-wise. it's like every single browser has something wrong with them that is very obvious and no one is fixing it.
hope arc windows comes out soon and lives up to my expectations because im tired
I think Episode 4 will be very interesting for you: "WE LISTEN TO OUR MEMBERS"
Same here with Vivaldi@@mascot4950
Take a better look then, because Arc has spaces, and vertical tabs. It does not have stack tabs, like Vivaldi, but it does not matter, really, but it has something better: if you enable the AI, Arc categorise automatically all the open tabs for you. You don't have to create stack tabs, Arc does it automatically, and you can eventually convert them in folders. Also Arc support bookmarks per space, and they are always available for you.@@mascot4950
Como empresa admiro su optimismo y resolución de darle hacia adelante, y la propuesta del browser Arc, maravilloso, eso si ,"no se duerman en los laureles" que este tiempo y este mundo globalizado van raudos y uds no han salido abiertamente al publico, y la competencia y la guerra y el mercado de navegadores es dura.
Wish you the best of luck guys. Have discovered Arc last week and I believe it is the best piece of tech I have seen this year and definitely one which will have the biggest impact on my life this year for sure.
Ahh, true that guys. I am a UX Designer, working at a UX Consultancy and everytime I mention the arc browser to my colleagues or my friends and present them with the same idea of, "Ohh, have you seen this browser and then show them." They have really different views on it and reasons on why the switch. But, I feel. I've loved it, maybe because I am a tech enthusiasts who loves to test new products or maybe its something else. But, I am always like a not so optimistic Josh. I would love for it survive and break it to its next levels. All the best, guys!
I love Arc, you guys have to make it. For us, for the community. Also, please tell us how we can help. We've got this, together. 🙌
if you add some sort of subscription then I'd more than gladly pay for it, the product is so totally worth it.
Maybe a free version with telemetry on & no telemetry for the paid version?
I hear J-Dilla, I like.
I'm happy to pay a monthly subscription to continue using Arc!
Just imagine going back to the old browser... ugh, let's not even think about it.
i hope you guys make it cause honestly Arc is the first product i've been excited about in years !!
I would rather want to use Arc without any updates, that going back to the old browsers!
I’m not an Arc user (yet) because in a world of increasingly “generated” content I’m not sure I trust any browser to aggregate answers for me without bias. I don’t know what your monetization strategy will be and I don’t know how my data may eventually be used (or protected).
All that said, I’m still rooting for your company because the premise of Arc and how it could reshape the future of the web and how we explore content is very interesting.
Its crazy for how many browsers are out there, Arc stands out as very nice to use. Still missing a few key features (tab groups, firefox containers) that make me still use firefox, but I can “mostly” use Arc
Honestly, I'd pay for a subscription if you keep improving Arc. And I'm not talking about the next AI gimmick, there's a lot of room for standard improvements still. I'd rather pay than seeing this project trying to run in 80 different directions just to see what ends up making any money.
Team at Arc, I love what you're doing, but you'll need to make a big bet and see it through. It's a really terrifying time, I'm sure, but if you bounce around too much to see what sticks you run the risk of losing momentum behind something great.
You've probably heard that already. But I trust you can do it because you build a great product, no matter what you focus on. You just gotta find that intersection of value and viability and GO.
You guys are definitely not "The Boring Company"!
I've found out I don't want just a new, well-designed, fun browser. I want to be tuned in to your team, part of your team by testing, using, and telling people about Arc. Keep the videos and releases coming! And most of all, good luck my friends.
i cant't go back to another browser, i hope Arc is here to stay. yall will thrive!
Great storytelling. Keep it up! 👌
I personally don’t care about the ai features much. I think that having them behind a paywall or on a “bring your own auth token” would be absolutely fine, and help prevent burning money. I realise that the AI features are probably there to help bring in investor funding but the core idea and usability is so good that i wouldn’t care if it was gone.
Arc is pretty great, but I wish you weren't getting rid of notes. I loved being able to have a note as a to do list right at the top of my school space. It was the simplest solution to the problem.
You might consider choosing Notion or one of the other note options that you can choose from in the settings. Moving my notes over to Notion was pretty easy, and Notion offers way more feature, but with a relatively simple UI. It integrates into Arc the same way Arc notes do now.
The philosophy of "You Have To Be In The Water" serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of active engagement, foresight, and adaptability in innovation. It's a call to action for those involved in design thinking and empathic design to immerse themselves fully in their environment, understand the needs and shifts within it, and be ready to act when opportunities arise. This proactive and anticipatory approach is key to creating solutions that are not only innovative but also deeply aligned with human needs and experiences.
BEWARE! This is implying that trendy behavior by companies without conducting their own research may be risky. Not the opposite.
Love the idea of these new playbook episodes. I'd also hate to go back to traditional browser tabs, or even trying to customize one. I'm ALSO worried that with this pressure your team has, that you'll start to feature bloat or shoot yourselves in the foot. Which is why I was relieved in this video when one of the devs said "let's get back to the core issues to solve".
You've got this! Solid product there, with customer experience truly at its heart. Funds secured, impressive sponsors on board, and a team filled with ambition and just the right attitude. You're a fun bunch, not too caught up in seriousness-a trait common among the clever and successful. There's plenty of that spirit over at TBC / Arc.
Arc does a few very simple things for me. favourite tabs, spaces, side tabs and mini arc. That's all i do with Arc and it's the best so to implement something like that, it is going to be hard if the company goes under but i use opera on my windows and it does pretty much the same without the ease of changing spaces or side bars which i can live with. But all the best, i'll support in the best way that i can
Long time since I got excited about a browser. In fact I can categorically state that it was using the original Netscape back in the day. Hope you manage to navigate those choppy startup waters because I haven't switched browsers in 15 years and I made the switch to Arc.
Love the transparency around all the things, the incredible browser that is Arc and hey, when its time to pay for Arc... Shut Up And Take My Money!
I'm ready to pay a fee every year to use Arc. I can't work without your product now
Maybe some big corporation will buy them once they have a huge user base. I love Arc Browser!
The charm offensive is on! If this is you guys pulling the wool over my eyes, it worked. I'm rooting for y'all.
I'm rooting for you! I tell everyone about arc all the time!
Your content in youtube is almost as high quality as your browser, so worst case scenario you can switch industries XD
fingers crossed! 🤞🏼
couldn't live without arc tbh...
Please dont let Arc break, if it does, give it to the community to handle it. Love it and i hope you succeed. Best browser
I am willing to pay a subscription to make sure Arc does not go away! Arc has changed my life!
Only you and some minority of them will pay
I wish you the best, I switched to Arc from Chrome and never looked back.
I just got back from a dinner party and all i did was get arc search downloaded on all iPhones.. And blew some minds.
I would die without Arc.... I'd pay a monthly subscription fee
I'm sure your doctor will confirm that you won't actually die without Arc 😂
Really love your browser! Both Mac and windows. Windows is a bit slower than Mac. For the phone app. It took a while to work my head around it. Would love a reading list for the phone. And groups. Also it would be nice to have some way to save a page for later. A bookmark for some kind.
But, I am cheering for you! Thanks for bringing interesting software again!
Things you should do:
1) improve the traffic control, because it is too basic, you need to be able to create rules, and inside the rules you add routes;
2) add the preview of all the tabs for a space, like Safari does for a group;
3) add the ability to use the TouchID on macOS, and the keychain, please;
4) do not add things there are not browser related, I don't want an email client like in Vivaldi, Arc is a browser, let 's keep it like that;
5) I love the AI integration, make it better, for example changing almost immediately the tab name of a website I just opened, and further improve the automatic categorisation, which is the feature I like the most.
Browser company can make money!
• Student plan: $1/month
• Regular plan: $1.5/month
• AI plan: $5/month
*The dollars I am willing to pay
if only student plan would come with AI features...
@@astroneuralmaybe $3 for student as students do a lot of searching
The AI can run locally, and a free model can be used. There are plenty good enough to do what Arc is currently doing.
I have bragged about arc to all my close friends and family members. I cant stand that arc wont be able to make till next year. Arc has been my daily driver, up for as long as i use my computer... Really hope you guys find a way coz Life without arc is now unimaginable and already scary. 🥺💔
Really looking forward to whats to come. Couldnt imagine going back to Chrome. However I have also thought about the future perspective. I am using a browser for free, not even by paying with my data. I would be perfectly fine by paying a small subscription fee for example
Please, please make it!
I think I've talked to all of my friends about how Arc's business model doesn't seem very sustainable, and the whole charge companies and teams to use Arc is a really optimistic look into the future and a gamble that Arc is good enough for that. I just hope that if the company goes under, Arc will be open source because I can't really go back to other browsers...
Is the Developer Mode ever going to get fixed or is that also getting unshipped? For months now it's been missing the Site Control Center and extensions open on the wrong side.
We love Arc Search
I'm sure you'll survive. You have us, the community, for support
Oh hyello! Look who's finding some of my favorite songs! I listen to this one all the time!
Well, EVERY Start-Up (and grown Companies, too!) has to answer the one most important question at one point in their early lives: "How can I make money for a living with the product or service I am about to offer?!"
So, as long as this (pretty) simple question is unanswered, the company has no chance of survival!
And if it comes to a Browser, the only possible answers are:
1. We sell (or use them for personalized ads) personal information
2. We provide a "Pro"-Version with a more or less high monthly payment, which will be presented to the user as a certain number of "Cup of Coffee".
BTW, I could never drink that much coffee. I already have spent money on other companies' monthly payments (collected once a year)...
Choice of song was great. Common is fantastic.
really enjoy the use of the "IBM looking" font
When will there be some kind of Business subscriptions? We wanna make Arc sustainable! Even tho I'm quite poor at the moment, I'd love to pay to use Arc. It cannot stay completely free forever. Don't be afraid to involve your users in the way you could make it sustainable.
ARC IS GONNA MAKE IT
I already 'dinner table/party' talk Arc!!!
Staggering to think this but honestly its almost a toss upp between LLMs at large and Arc as to what has improved my day more. Going back to a pre Arc Browser is unfreakinthinkable - but i'm grateful for your honesty about the odds. Between you and me, if it came down to it I wld pay a shit-ton of sub rather than go without this entirely suprerior browsing modality. And i am semi-retired, poor, in a country with a not great exchange rate. Please just stay the course One Way Or Another, for the sake of y'know… civilisation.
We love you guys! You are our heroes :)
My ipad is an extension of my mac…Arc for ipad is a game changer for me!
What an interesting video series! I'm subbed. You hooked me. 😉
Also, love the look of your videos. Gritty color & texture. Adds to the already scrappy feel. 🤘😺🤘
I’ve been telling everyone about your business. Don’t give up! I’ll pay!
Id pay 10$/month to use arc I love it so much
Rooting for you guys!!!
When do we see live folders? Wasn't that supposed to come out on February 15?
Every big change has come from people like you, so don't you dare to stop right now!
i have so much faith in you guys. you can do it!
I am loving this browser. Dont break . Live from india 🇮🇳 . I am using on both iphone and mac as default browser
Was terrified when I saw this. I cannot go back to a traditional browser. Please do not terrify the community like this lol! Seriously, I cannot go back to browsing in a traditional browser, and my entire company now uses Arc for work. One thing, we need a full fledged browser for iPad. Right now there is only the iphone version. Please support iPad os and VisionOS. Your browser has made all things better.. all!
Thank you, we appreciate your effort here!
Win lose or draw (is there a draw?) their product is interesting, and them making this a video series is, too. Thanks for making the internet more fun.
Yes
Would love to see Linux support. Cannot make Arc my main browser until you have it. It must be on Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android, and iOS just like you said in the video. If it isn't everywhere, it might as well be nowhere.
this is wild, i love it
Glad runway is going towards professionally produced videos
the priority must be the performance in M1 or previous intel machines. its a pain!!
Honestly, if you had a subscription - I'd pay for it!
I would pay at least $9,99/month to keep using Arc
I’m not an Arc user yet, can you help me understand why it’s worth $10/mo as a user for you for a browser?
@@NoahHayes because they care about the UX and that's hard to come by. Also you get used to separating/easily switching based on work/personal/project stuff.
Mozilla must be like 😧😧 at hearing someone would pay around $10 a month for a browser!
@ I can already separate bookmarks and tabs in Safari by different categories like work/personal. I’m not sure what makes Arc a better experience that’s worth $10 a month. I’m *not* saying it isn’t worth $, but I have yet to meet someone who can articulate what they like about it that made them switch, let alone willing to pay for it.