The Arc browser will shut down on December 22, as The Browser Company pivots to the AI browser Dia
The Browser Company announced that the Chromium-based browser Arc will shut down on December 22, at which point users will no longer be able to launch the app, accounts will be deactivated, and personal data will be deleted within 30 days. Arc released version 1.0 in 2023, stopped development in 2024, and in May 2025 the company announced its pivot to the AI-driven browser Dia. Starting October 22, Arc can no longer create new accounts, and starting November 23, some features will be disabled; users can migrate to Dia via data export, with the original browser features available for free in Dia and AI features optional.
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The Browser Company announced that its browser Arc will shut down on December 22, and users will no longer be able to launch the app. Arc is based on Chromium and released version 1.0 in 2023, but development stopped in 2024, and in May 2025 it announced that it was developing an AI-driven browser, Dia. Starting October 22, new Arc accounts can no longer be created; starting November 23, some features will be disabled; on December 22, the app will no longer launch, Arc accounts will be deactivated, and personal data will be deleted within 30 days. The Browser Company said that Arc users can seamlessly use Dia, the new browser it is fully developing, through the data export feature, claiming that the browser features users used in Arc are all available for free in Dia, while AI features are optional.