Josh Miller

Oh, it's so fun. I was hoping you'd go easier on me, but I was told that it's absolutely not true.

Oh, it's so fun. I was hoping you'd go easier on me, but I was told that it's absolutely not true.

Oh, it's so fun. I was hoping you'd go easier on me, but I was told that it's absolutely not true.

Well, it's great to be here. I think I've probably listened to almost every Verge cast and Decoder interview episode for the past few years. Oh, you're ready.

Well, it's great to be here. I think I've probably listened to almost every Verge cast and Decoder interview episode for the past few years. Oh, you're ready.

Well, it's great to be here. I think I've probably listened to almost every Verge cast and Decoder interview episode for the past few years. Oh, you're ready.

What is Arc? The browser company is making a web browser called Arc, which the simplest way to explain it is The Verge called it the Chrome replacement that they've been waiting for. So don't take it from me. David Pierce called it. I just want to be clear. David Pierce said that. Arc is the best browser for laptop people.

What is Arc? The browser company is making a web browser called Arc, which the simplest way to explain it is The Verge called it the Chrome replacement that they've been waiting for. So don't take it from me. David Pierce called it. I just want to be clear. David Pierce said that. Arc is the best browser for laptop people.

What is Arc? The browser company is making a web browser called Arc, which the simplest way to explain it is The Verge called it the Chrome replacement that they've been waiting for. So don't take it from me. David Pierce called it. I just want to be clear. David Pierce said that. Arc is the best browser for laptop people.

If you're someone whose livelihood is clicking and clacking on your keyboard every day, we make the best browser for you. It keeps you focused, organized, and increasingly we want to do your busy work for you.

If you're someone whose livelihood is clicking and clacking on your keyboard every day, we make the best browser for you. It keeps you focused, organized, and increasingly we want to do your busy work for you.

If you're someone whose livelihood is clicking and clacking on your keyboard every day, we make the best browser for you. It keeps you focused, organized, and increasingly we want to do your busy work for you.

Yeah. So the origin of the browser company is I was a political appointee in the Obama White House. And after the election, I was personally devastated by the results. And I felt like technology and the technology industry had an impact on the things I didn't like. And I was very motivated to try to do something about it.

Yeah. So the origin of the browser company is I was a political appointee in the Obama White House. And after the election, I was personally devastated by the results. And I felt like technology and the technology industry had an impact on the things I didn't like. And I was very motivated to try to do something about it.

Yeah. So the origin of the browser company is I was a political appointee in the Obama White House. And after the election, I was personally devastated by the results. And I felt like technology and the technology industry had an impact on the things I didn't like. And I was very motivated to try to do something about it.

And my takeaway was, if you are not an operating system, if you are not a platform by which your applications and content sits on top of, you don't really have leverage to change, for the better or worse, the way that society uses technology. So I decided not to start a company and do something else. And then it was in 2019.

And my takeaway was, if you are not an operating system, if you are not a platform by which your applications and content sits on top of, you don't really have leverage to change, for the better or worse, the way that society uses technology. So I decided not to start a company and do something else. And then it was in 2019.

And my takeaway was, if you are not an operating system, if you are not a platform by which your applications and content sits on top of, you don't really have leverage to change, for the better or worse, the way that society uses technology. So I decided not to start a company and do something else. And then it was in 2019.

My wife works in the art world for a 76-year-old artist in Flagstaff, Arizona. And I was noticing that she never left Chrome. She was on this high-powered MacBook Air and never left the confines of Chrome. And so the original observation of the browser company was actually our operating systems in 2019 then and definitely in 2024 today are actually our web browsers for laptop people.

My wife works in the art world for a 76-year-old artist in Flagstaff, Arizona. And I was noticing that she never left Chrome. She was on this high-powered MacBook Air and never left the confines of Chrome. And so the original observation of the browser company was actually our operating systems in 2019 then and definitely in 2024 today are actually our web browsers for laptop people.