Netscape Communications Corporation
Pioneering web software and internet services company
Mountain View, California, United States
Data Confidence: 78% · Sources: 3 · Last Updated: Sep 18, 2026
- Net Worth ▲
- $4.2B
- Reach ▲
- 50.0M people
- Power ▲
- Netscape controlled over 90% of the global web browser market in the mid-1990s before being acquired by AOL in 1999 in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $4.2 billion to $10 billion. Power Level: Global.
- Influence ▲
- The company transformed the architecture of the World Wide Web by inventing JavaScript, HTTP cookies, and the SSL security protocol, while its source-code release created the Mozilla project. Influence Level: Global.
- Network ▲
- Netscape maintained high-profile Silicon Valley alliances, backed by venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and partnered with Sun Microsystems to deploy web software and Java technology. Network Level: Continental.
- Legacy ▲
- Netscape catalyzed the commercial internet revolution of the 1990s and established core technologies that underpin modern web security, browser engines, and e-commerce.
- Trajectory ▲
- Rising ↑ — gaining power relative to the last assessment.
Power Trajectory
Tracked on ApexHierarchy since first profiled — not the entity's full real-world history.
About
Netscape Communications Corporation was an American computer services and web software company founded in April 1994 by Marc Andreessen and James H. Clark. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company gained global prominence by developing Netscape Navigator, the dominant web browser of the early internet era. Netscape pioneered foundational web technologies, including JavaScript, HTTP cookies, and SSL encryption, before creating the open-source Mozilla project in 1998. The company was acquired by America Online (AOL) in a deal valued between $4.2 billion and $10 billion.
Known For
Developing the Netscape Navigator web browser and creating foundational web technologies such as JavaScript, SSL, and HTTP cookies.
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