The Success of Chrome and the Shift from Documents to Applications

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Chrome's success was not preordained, as people questioned why the world needed another browser. However, the key insight behind Chrome's success was that the web was moving towards applications, and existing browsers were not built to handle them well. This led to the development of Chrome, which focused on running applications efficiently. Despite initial doubts, Chrome achieved a significant milestone of 1% market share and continues to be a successful browser.

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(0:00) Grammarly CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury joins Jason

(4:19) Rahul's start in tech and his time on the Google Chrome team.

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(26:20) The product roadmap and what draws people into Grammarly

(35:04) Grammarly's business and enterprise offerings

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