Vivaldi Technologies

Vivaldi Technologies AS is a software development company, most known for its creation of the Vivaldi browser. It was founded in 2014 by Jón von Tetzchner and Tatsuki Tomita. Tetzchner was one of the founders,[1] and formerly the CEO, of Opera Software, a software company which developed the web browser Opera.[2] About 20 former Opera employees joined him at Vivaldi Technologies.[2] In January 2017, the company had 35 employees.[3] As of September 2021, the company has listed 54 employees.[4]

Vivaldi Technologies AS
IndustrySoftware Development
Founder
HeadquartersMølleparken 6,
Oslo
,
Norway
Key people
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner (CEO and Co-Founder) and Tatsuki Tomita (COO and Co-Founder)
ProductsVivaldi (web browser), M3 Mail Client
Number of employees
54 (2021)
Websitevivaldi.com

Vivaldi Browser
Main article: Vivaldi (web browser)

Vivaldi Technologies released the Vivaldi browser as a Tech Preview on January 27, 2015. The Vivaldi browser is aimed at empowering users who want to do more with their browser rather than using extensions.[5][6]

On October 28, 2015, the Vivaldi Browser YouTube channel posted two videos: "Choices" and "Why Are We Making a Browser?", the latter of which was allegedly filmed inside the Innovation House in Gloucester, Massachusetts.[6] On April 6, 2016, Vivaldi Technologies released Vivaldi 1.0, the first stable release of its browser.[7]

Workspaces

The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, has the Innovation House in Reykjavík, Iceland,[8] and a workspace in the Innovation House in Gloucester, Massachusetts, US.[9] They also have developers in Helsinki, Finland; Saint Petersburg, Russia; Prague, Czech Republic, and other locations.[10]

Vivaldi.net
See also: My Opera

Vivaldi.net is a community-based platform which includes social networking elements, forum, developers blog and the out Iceland based email service Vivaldi Mail.[2][1]

See also

References
  1. Sharma, Rajat (April 7, 2014). "Vivaldi.net: Free Email Service Based Out of Iceland From Founders of Opera". ilovefreesoftware.com. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. Lardinois, Frederic (January 23, 2014). "Opera's Former CEO Launches Vivaldi, A New Community Site And Email Service". techcrunch.com. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. "Vivaldi is building 'Opera as it should've been'". arstechnica.com. Ars Technica. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  4. "Our team | Vivaldi Browser". Vivaldi. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  5. "Our Story – Vivaldi". Vivaldi.com. Vivaldi Technologies. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  6. "Vivaldi - Why Are We Making a New Browser?". Vivaldi Browser. 2015-10-28. Retrieved 2016-03-24 – via YouTube.
  7. "Vivaldi Web Browser Community - Welcome". vivaldi.net. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  8. "Innovation House | Iceland - Products". innovationhouse.is. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
  9. Convey, Eric (July 1, 2015). "Opera browser creator Jon von Tetzchner on innovation in Gloucester". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  10. "Team – Vivaldi". Vivaldi.com. Vivaldi Technologies. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
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