Jon von Tetzchner, Vivaldi

Networks, datacentres, and open-source software form the digital world’s backbone, but browsers define how we access it. The web emerged 20 years after 1969’s primal internet, when Tim Berners-Lee developed the underlying technologies for web pages. Those pages were basic – simple text, links, and images. Modern websites can run entire applications, everything from email services to design software and productivity suites. Software-as-a-Service, portals, dashboards, and even most mobile apps rely on browser standards.

Browsers have turned into super-apps, cultivated on what some are calling a browser engine monoculture, and are starting to incorporate AI. What is the current and future state of browsers? I spoke to Vivaldi browser CEO Jon von Tetzchner, and technical comms officer Bruce Lawson, to get their perspectives.