AI-First Web Browsers Aim to Remake the Internet

• Perplexity’s Comet Browser: In July 2025, San Francisco-based company Perplexity introduced its web browser Comet for premium subscribers ($200 monthly). The browser bills itself as a “thought partner” that helps users engage deeply with online content. It swaps tabs and search bars for Perplexity’s AI chatbot. Users can ask the AI to do price comparison, conduct research or even book dinner reservations or travel.
  
  
• The Browser Company’s Dia Search: In June 2025, Brooklyn-based developer The Browser Company launched its new internet interface, Dia (which we previewed in 10 Tech Trends). Like Comet, Dia reimagines web browsing as interfacing with a chatbot. However, alongside narrative responses to in-depth questions, Dia integrates writing support, summarisation features and a to-do list generator.

• Google’s Updated Chrome: In late May 2025, Google announced it’s working on a new version of its popular Chrome browser with more comprehensive integration of its AI chatbot Gemini. Rather than recentring the browser around the chatbot, users can quickly summon it via a small button. In its first iteration, Gemini will only work on individual tabs, where it will simplify concepts, rewrite recipes or even generate quizzes. Future versions will allow it to answer questions across multiple tabs and sources.
  
  
• Opera’s Neon Agentic Interface: Still in development, the forthcoming Neon browser from Norwegian developer Opera promises to be a comprehensive AI agent. The company says it will be capable of creating games, reports, websites and code and will even work autonomously if the user is offline.

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