Layoff
Aug 2020Mozilla announced a restructuring and reduction of approximately 250 Mozilla Corporation roles, with Taipei operations closed; approximately 60 additional people changed teams.
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Updated Aug 5, 2026
Overview
Mozilla is a nonprofit-backed global technology organization whose mission is to keep the internet open, accessible, and under user control. Its portfolio includes Mozilla Corporation (Firefox), MZLA/Thunderbird, Mozilla Foundation, Mozilla.ai, Mozilla Ventures, and Mozilla Data Collective. Mozilla operates as a “double bottom line” enterprise combining public-interest objectives with revenue-generating products.
Primary product
Firefox, an open-source, privacy-focused web browser for desktop and mobile.
Founded
1998
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
Approximately 1,000–1,500; Mozilla’s 2024 impact report reported 964 Mozilla Corporation employees and 118 Mozilla Foundation employees as of 2023-12-31.
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software development / internet technology
Sub-industry
Web browsers, privacy and security software, open-source technology, digital rights, and open-source AI
Offices
San Francisco, California
San Mateo, California
Berlin, Germany
Toronto, Canada
New York City, United States
Paris, France
London, United Kingdom
Tulsa, United States
Business model
Search-engine distribution partnerships, historically dominated by Firefox’s default-search arrangement
Funding
Stage
Mature, privately held/nonprofit-backed operating organization; conventional startup funding-stage labels are not very meaningful
Total raised
$35.5M
Latest round
Mozilla Ventures fund · Nov 2022
Nov 2022
Jan 2005 · Mitchell Kapor
People & investors
Leadership
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo
Chief Executive Officer, Mozilla Corporation
Mark Surman
President, Mozilla.org / Mozilla
Nabiha Syed
Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation
Amy Keating
Chief Operating Officer, Mozilla
Raffi Krikorian
Chief Technology Officer, Mozilla
Jenny Choo
VP & Chief of Staff, Mozilla Corporation
Abigail Besdin
Chief Operating Officer, Mozilla Corporation
Eric Muhlheim
Chief Financial Officer, Mozilla Corporation
Peter Rojas
SVP, New Products, Mozilla Corporation
Brad Smallwood
Chief Business Officer, Mozilla Corporation
Work & culture
Mission-driven, open-source, globally distributed, asynchronous, and explicitly focused on diversity, inclusion, responsible participation, relationship-minded collaboration, and user agency. Mozilla describes itself as remote-first and emphasizes building technology that serves the public interest.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Mozilla states it is private and does not tie compensation to stock options/equity plans; regular employees receive performance-based bonuses. It also provides retirement contributions and professional-development funding. Public evidence does not establish a complete compensation range or universal visa policy.
Benefits
100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for U.S. and Canadian employees
Therapy and coaching resources
26 weeks paid parental leave for U.S. childbearing parents and 12 weeks for non-childbearing parents
Vacation and sick leave from day one
Quarterly company wellness days and birthday holiday
100% vested 401(k)/RRSP contributions
Annual professional-development budget
Life, AD&D, and short-/long-term disability insurance
Quarterly wellbeing stipend
Product & market
Pricing
Firefox is free and open source. Some adjacent Mozilla products have freemium or paid-subscription models, including VPN and other privacy services; Mozilla’s portfolio also uses partnership and advertising revenue.
Differentiators
- —Nonprofit ownership and public-interest governance
- —Open-source browser and globally visible community development
- —Strong privacy, security, user-choice, and transparency positioning
- —Independent alternative to browsers controlled by major advertising/platform companies
- —Cross-portfolio work in trustworthy AI, open-source data, and digital rights
- —Long-standing Gecko engine and browser-security expertise
Technology
Gecko rendering engine
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately $600M–$700M annually; third-party company data estimates about $620M, while publicly reported Mozilla Corporation revenue for 2024 is approximately $680M. Treat as an estimate because Mozilla’s structure includes multiple entities.
Signals & risks
Layoff
Feb 2024Mozilla reportedly cut roughly 60 employees while refocusing on Firefox and trustworthy AI, scaling back VPN, Relay, Online Footprint Scrubber, and Mozilla.social investments.
SourceShutdown
Feb 2024Mozilla announced that Hubs, its 3D virtual-world service, would be wound down because its user and customer base did not justify continued investment.
Latest news
Mozilla Blog · Jul 2026
Mozilla published its first State of Open Source AI report, arguing that open models have reached a major adoption threshold and that infrastructure, governance, ownership, and agentic tooling are central unresolved issues.
Mozilla Blog · Apr 2026
Mozilla described using frontier AI models with Anthropic to identify and fix large numbers of Firefox security vulnerabilities, including 271 findings in a later evaluation.
Mozilla Blog · Jan 2026
Mozilla outlined a 2026 strategy centered on Mozilla.ai tooling, licensed data through Mozilla Data Collective, practical enterprise/government deployments, community work, and Mozilla Ventures investment.
Mozilla Blog · May 2025
Mozilla announced the phase-out of Pocket and Fakespot, with shutdown dates in July 2025, to concentrate resources on Firefox and new product priorities.
Open Positions
86 jobs at Mozilla
Social Media Content Creator (Independent Contractor)
Remote
Mozilla Foundation
Remote Canada; Remote US
Today
Remote
Full-time