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But Brave isn't maintaining a rendering engine, so they're able to spend on different things.
How much do you think Tailcat cost Brave? I know Mozilla must spend more money doing legitimate browser development, but they also spend a whole lot of money doing entirely unrelated things.
If it was less than $65 million, the amount of money Mozilla committed to AI and VC back in 2022, it could have been the money they purchased Tailcat with back in 2021.
Why are you bringing up AI? Brave, like all major browsers, has also invested in AI https://brave.com/leo/
You said Mozilla couldn't purchase a search engine by implying they didn't have enough free money, so I gave you an example of them spending $65 million. I just thought to myself, "isn't it interesting that they missed an opportunity to directly monetize something," and I shared it with you.