Three years ago when we started Lightpanda, we asked ourselves a seemingly simple question what would a browser look like if it were built specifically for automation?
How might a browser be developed?
There’s a confluence of things that have happened recently that have made me question how browsers might be developed: On January 8th 2026, Simon Willison predicted that someone will build a browser using mainly AI-assisted tools within 3 years On January 27th 2026, one human and one agent built a browser from scratch (great experiments) On the 19th February 2026, news came out that Taalas had a chip that can spit out nearly 17,000 tokens per second by baking a model onto the chip. I would like to indulge in a little bit of projection and in my case, some science fiction of my own.
The AI browser wars are about to begin
Artificial intelligence is already writing an obituary for the internet as we know it. So why is everyone building new web browsers?
Why Browsers Get Built - Infrequently Noted
There are only two-and-a-half reasons to build a browser, and they couldn't be more different in intent and outcome, even when they look superficially similar.
Polypane. The missing half of your web development environment.
A development browser for professional web developers. Build and test responsive, accessible websites with multi-viewport previews and accessibility tooling.
What is a Browser?
Atlassian Buys The Browser Company, Browser Wars, Why Atlassian
Atlassian bought The Browser Company, seeking to deliver an AI-enabled browser for work. It’s a reasonable bet, but I’m skeptical that browsers are the future.
Browser Use - The way AI uses the internet
78,000+ GitHub stars. Trusted by Fortune 500. The #1 open-source browser automation platform.
The Browser is the Computer! by Daniel Lopez & Angel De Miguel @ Wasm I/O 2025
What Comes After Chrome
I co-created the world's most popular browser. Now, I'm joining The Browser Co to fulfill an old dream.
Building Glass for the Web
How we built a cross-browser glass effect for the web, and how it shapes a family of components.
Introducing Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser
A Firefox fork with a TypeScript config that lets you build anything.
BrowserEngineKit | Apple Developer Documentation
Create a browser that renders content using an alternative browser engine.
Stripped Down Browsers
I started learning programming in High School by using a toy language with graphics.
