Funding

We're funded by voluntary contributions from our users and revenue from our business. Every dollar goes toward building and marketing our products. Every dollar that remains goes back to our users in proportion to their clicks.

We're funded by voluntary contributions from natural private individuals, who are our users or intend to be users, and revenue from our business. We don't accept money from outside investors or anyone else who would dilute the whole, de facto ownership and control our users have, and we never will.

That's deliberate. Organizations tend to serve the interests of their funders, either by fiduciary obligation or favoritism. Our approach to funding ensures that we work solely for the benefit of our users and no one else.

Tools and infrastructure. Building and maintaining a web browser is technically demanding work. A portion of our funds goes toward the software subscriptions, developer hardware, and web hosting that keep Surge Browser running and in development for other platforms. Examples of such costs are developer licenses required to distribute Surge Browser, AI tools for coding and research, user data storage and security, the platforms that run this website, and wages for the people who do the work.

Marketing and growth. A tech company's strength is derived from its user community. A portion of our funds goes toward conferences, meetings, and other promotional events meant to reach our potential users where they are to build awareness of who we are, what we do, and why we matter.