{"id":"1792725105783-tech-segment","slug":"arc-browser-gets-a-kill-date","title":"Arc browser gets a kill date","summary":"TechCrunch reports Arc browser will be sunset on December 22, as The Browser Company shifts its focus to Dia, its next browser product.\n\nTechCrunch reported that several tech leaders at Disrupt argued early sales are not the key to fast startup growth, with tips on achieving real sales success in the first 90 days.","publishedAt":"2026-10-23T03:11:45.783Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: TechCrunch reports Arc browser will be sunset on December 22, as The Browser Company shifts its focus to Dia, its next browser product.\nSource: [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/arc-browser-sunsets-december-22-as-the-browser-company-doubles-down-on-dia/) NAMES: Arc = web browser made by (https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/arc-browser-sunsets-december-22-as-the-browser-company-doubles-down-on-dia/)\n\nTRUE: TechCrunch reported that several tech leaders at Disrupt argued early sales are not the key to fast startup growth, with tips on achieving real sales success in the first 90 days.\nSource: [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/the-secret-to-fast-startup-growth-isnt-early-sales-top-names-in-tech-say/) NAMES: Disrupt = TechCrunch's star (https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/the-secret-to-fast-startup-growth-isnt-early-sales-top-names-in-tech-say/)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"TechCrunch reports Arc browser will be sunset on December 22, as The Browser Company shifts its focus to Dia, its next browser product.","sourceName":"[techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/arc-browser-sunsets-december-22-as-the-browser-company-doubles-down-on-dia/) NAMES: Arc = web browser made by","sourceUrl":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/arc-browser-sunsets-december-22-as-the-browser-company-doubles-down-on-dia/","claim":"Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia - Arc was fiercely beloved by a dedicated group of enthusiasts, but it never quite became the mass-market Chrome alternative its makers once envisioned.","author":"TechCrunch"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"TechCrunch reported that several tech leaders at Disrupt argued early sales are not the key to fast startup growth, with tips on achieving real sales success in the first 90 days.","sourceName":"[techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/the-secret-to-fast-startup-growth-isnt-early-sales-top-names-in-tech-say/) NAMES: Disrupt = TechCrunch's star","sourceUrl":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/the-secret-to-fast-startup-growth-isnt-early-sales-top-names-in-tech-say/","claim":"The secret to fast startup growth isn’t early sales, top names in tech say - At this year’s Disrupt, Lovable GTM lead Luke Arno, Polsia's Ben Broca, and Theory Ventures’ Tomasz Tunguz gave founders some tips on how to achieve true sales success in the first 90 days.","author":"TechCrunch"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/arc-browser-sunsets-december-22-as-the-browser-company-doubles-down-on-dia/","name":"[techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/arc-browser-sunsets-december-22-as-the-browser-company-doubles-down-on-dia/) NAMES: Arc = web browser made by","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"TechCrunch"},{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/the-secret-to-fast-startup-growth-isnt-early-sales-top-names-in-tech-say/","name":"[techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/22/the-secret-to-fast-startup-growth-isnt-early-sales-top-names-in-tech-say/) NAMES: Disrupt = TechCrunch's star","kind":"news","verdict":"TRUE","author":"TechCrunch"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792725105783-tech-segment-arc-browser-gets-a-kill-date","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1792725105783-tech-segment-arc-browser-gets-a-kill-date","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1792725105783-tech-segment-arc-browser-gets-a-kill-date and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"The Browser Company is killing Arc on December 22nd."},{"host":"Chris","text":"What? Arc is dead?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"TechCrunch is reporting it. The company is doubling down on Dia, their new browser."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Arc had a cult following. People obsessed over its design."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It was beloved by a niche group, sure. But TechCrunch says it never became the mass-market Chrome alternative they wanted."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I mean, that makes sense. Most people don't switch browsers. Chrome is just... there."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Here's my issue. They're not just stopping development, they're sunsetting it. December 22nd."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So what happens to the people who built their workflow around it?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"They're supposed to move to Dia. A product most of them probably didn't ask for."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But that's the classic pivot, right? If Arc isn't growing, you have to bet on the next thing."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"There's a difference between pivoting and abandoning your most loyal users."},{"host":"Chris","text":"They're not a charity. If the numbers don't work, the numbers don't work."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Oh, come on. The cost of keeping Arc running is a rounding error for them."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's not the point! The point is focus. You can't build the next thing if you're maintaining the old thing."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I get focus. But this feels like a slap in the face to the people who evangelized Arc for years."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And what did that evangelism get them? A browser with a tiny market share."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It got them a community. Which, apparently, doesn't matter as much as chasing the next shiny object."},{"host":"Chris","text":"You know what they say. The users giveth, and the users get left behind when the strategic direction changeth."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Very profound, Chris."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'm just saying. This happens in tech all the time. Google Reader, anyone?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And people STILL complain about Google Reader. That's my point. You break trust."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Trust doesn't pay the bills. Growth does."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But you can't have growth without trust! It's a cycle!"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Alright, look. I'll concede this: it's a messy breakup. They should have handled it better."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's all I'm asking for. A little respect for the people who believed in you."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Maybe Dia will be so good that everyone forgets Arc ever existed."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'll believe it when I see it. Anyway, a much weirder story is coming out of the defense tech world."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Weirder than a browser dying? Do tell."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"TechCrunch says a company called Warhound just raised 200 million dollars. To genetically engineer dogs."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'm sorry, what? Dogs?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"For military and law enforcement. They're from Ben Lamm and Palmer Luckey."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Palmer Luckey? The Oculus guy?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The very same. He's deep in the defense world now with Anduril."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I know. I just... I need a second. Genetically engineered war dogs?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Canine super soldiers. Or maybe just dogs with better hips. The article is light on details."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So they're going to make a super-German Shepherd?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm imagining a dog with a heads-up display. Sniffing for bombs AND displaying threat levels."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Don't give them ideas. But seriously, this is a huge ethical gray area."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Absolutely. We're talking about designing an animal for a specific, violent purpose."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But we've been breeding dogs for work for thousands of years. This is just... faster."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Faster and more precise. It feels different when you're editing genes in a lab."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I think the big question is whether this is a good idea at all."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Let's get back to the ethics, Chris."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The ethical question is whether we should create a creature whose entire existence is defined by war."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'd argue that's not a new question. We do that with humans."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But they can consent. A dog can't."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"A good point. But we're not done with awkward corporate moves. Meta's catching heat over a new stock plan."},{"host":"Chris","text":"TechCrunch says it's partly designed to help Zuckerberg pay a possible 'billionaire tax' without losing control of Meta."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"California's proposing a wealth tax. This new stock class would let him sell shares for cash, supposedly for taxes, while keeping voting power."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So he gets liquidity without dilution of control. It's a classic founder move."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But it's a bit on the nose, isn't it? The world's fourth-richest man engineering a workaround for a wealth tax."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Would you rather he sell his voting shares and lose control of the company?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'd rather he pay his taxes like everyone else."},{"host":"Chris","text":"He's not saying he won't pay them. He's just changing how he gets the money."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It's a shell game, Chris. A very sophisticated, billion-dollar shell game."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I think it's rational self-interest. He built the company. He wants to keep building it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The rest of us are just trying to figure out if we can afford a new browser."}]}