Mozilla has appointed Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as CEO as the Firefox browser maker struggles to adapt to a rapidly changing browser market.
The appointment comes at a time when web browsers are seeing something of a rejuvenation as AI changes the way people use the internet. Incumbent companies such as Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple’s Safari, which have dominated the market for more than a decade, are facing new challenges from companies such as Perplexity, Arc, OpenAI, and Opera. These companies are focused on delivering AI to users at their first point of contact with the internet, the web browser, by building AI models and agents into the browser.
These changes don’t seem to be lost on Mozilla. Mozilla is made up of several organizations: the Mozilla Corporation, which develops Firefox and other technologies, and the nonprofit, tax-exempt Mozilla Foundation. He oversees Mozilla’s corporate governance structure and sets policies for the browser maker.
The company has fallen on hard times recently, undergoing restructuring, laying off 30% of its workforce last year and halting advocacy work and global programs.
But the company doesn’t seem to have lost any chance of making a comeback in the modern browser wars. Mozilla is investing in AI and plans to add AI capabilities to Firefox, Enzor-DeMeo said in a blog post announcing his appointment.
That said, Mozilla seems intent on not upsetting users who chose Firefox because of its lack of AI features. Enzor-DeMeo said the company intends to make AI features optional within Firefox and other products.
“AI should always be an option, something people can easily disable. People need to know why a feature works the way it does and what value they get from it,” he wrote.
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The company also plans to invest in diversifying its revenue beyond search (Mozilla derives a significant portion of its revenue from the search giant in exchange for adopting Google as its default search engine), and Enzor-DeMeo said Mozilla plans to flesh out Firefox into a “broader ecosystem of trusted software.”
Today, the company also develops the Thunderbird email client and VPN, and last year released an AI-powered website creation tool for small and medium-sized businesses.
Prior to this appointment, Enzor-DeMeo served as General Manager of Firefox and will now succeed interim CEO Laura Chambers, who has served in that role for the past several years. Enzor-DeMeo previously held product roles at Roofstock, Better and Wayfair.
