[darcien]

While Arc doesn't have subscription model yet, I can see them going in that direction.

From their FAQ[1]:

> To do that, we’re excited about business models that align our incentives with the people who we serve: from charging companies that want to increase the productivity of their teams across the many tools they use for work, to making it easier and safer to pay for things online.

So far they have been doing various small QoL for popular websites[2]. My favorite one is GitHub Live Folders[3], which is kinda like automatic bookmark/pinned tabs for your own GH PRs. I can see people paying for these collections of small nice things if they keep adding more.

Of course they also AI-powered features, dubbed Arc Max[4]. Personally I often use the page summarizer, which feels like lite version of Kagi Summarizer. Right now seems like they're burning money by running it for free. But they could opt to charge money, e.g. for more powerful model.

Disclaimer: I'm just a happy Arc user, it's not perfect, but I use it daily side by side with Firefox.

[1]: https://arc.net/faq

[2]: https://arc.net/integrations

[3]: https://resources.arc.net/hc/en-us/articles/22731612065815-A...

[4]: https://arc.net/max

[mikae1]

> Right now seems like they're burning money by running it for free.

Last time i checked they had something like 60 employees (in New York?). Burning money indeed.