Brave’s latest news

Announcing the winner of the Brave Scholarship Contest

Jan 30, 2024

We're thrilled to announce the recipient of Brave's first scholarship for college students. We were overwhelmed by the response and the excitement generated. But the winner is...

Brave Leo, the AI browser assistant, now features Mixtral for improved performance

Jan 25, 2024

With today's update, we are excited to announce that we have integrated Mixtral 8x7B as the default LLM in Leo, our privacy-preserving AI browser assistant.

Brave News, the privacy-preserving news aggregator, is revamped for a more personal and easily customizable experience

Jan 25, 2024

To kick off 2024, we're thrilled to announce a major update to the desktop version of Brave News, our privacy-preserving, in-browser news feed.

Brave browser simplifies its fingerprinting protections

Jan 18, 2024

With desktop and Android version 1.64 in a couple of months, Brave will sunset Strict fingerprinting protection mode.

Announcing On-Chain Web3 Crypto Contributions for Brave Creators — BAT, SOL, ETH

Jan 16, 2024

Today we are excited to announce a new feature that allows Brave Creators to receive on-chain contributions for their content from their fans.

Brave Search now features its AI-powered CodeLLM for programming-related queries

Jan 10, 2024

CodeLLM is aimed at programming queries, combining the depth and quality of search results with the summarization and explainability power of large language models.

Boomerang: A new privacy-preserving protocol from Brave Research to decentralize Brave Rewards

Jan 9, 2024

Boomerang leverages Bulletproof zero-knowledge proofs as its fundamental mechanism, ensuring privacy while enabling verifiable reward generation.

Introducing EIP-6963 support for a more open and seamless Brave Wallet experience

Dec 14, 2023

Working in collaboration with other ETH wallet providers, Brave Wallet users will now be able to connect many wallets to a DApp seamlessly without browser profile workarounds or hidden configuration settings.

Basic Attention Token Unveils 'Sage Burn,' the Final Phase of Inaugural Solana NFT Collection

Nov 22, 2023

Basic Attention Token announces the ‘Sage Burn’, the final mint phase of the BAT x Adam Ape for Brave NFT collection, set for November 30th, 2023.

Brave Wallet: Safer Signing for Sign-In With Ethereum and CoW Swap

Nov 10, 2023

Version 1.60 includes enhanced Sign-In with Ethereum, and CoW Swap support. Plus, improved parsing, signing, and UX for a safer, smoother user experience!

Leo—Brave's AI browser assistant that preserves users' privacy—is now available to desktop users

Nov 2, 2023

Three months ago, Brave previewed Leo—the browser-native AI assistant—on its Nightly channel for developers and testers. Today, we're excited to announce that Brave Leo is ready for all Brave users.

Our Podcast Returns with a Fresh Perspective!

Oct 18, 2023

Demystifying artificial intelligence, challenging the status quo, and empowering everyday people to embrace the digital revolution.

Brave, Electric Coin Co., and Filecoin Foundation announce partnership to bring new privacy tools to Web3

Sep 22, 2023

Brave, Electric Coin Co., and Filecoin Foundation are teaming up to bring innovative new privacy features to the Brave browser and its integrated Web3 wallet.

Announcing Image and Video results in Brave Search API

Sep 21, 2023

The Search team is excited to announce the launch of Image, News, and Video search results in the Brave Search API, which was recently released this past May.

The future of Leo: A roadmap for Brave's built-in AI browser assistant

Sep 20, 2023

Brave recently released Leo (our native AI assistant) to Nightly users. We have since incorporated a lot of feedback, and made numerous improvements.

Enter to win the Brave $2,500 college scholarship, and get your original art in front of Brave's 65 million users

Sep 18, 2023

In summer, 2024 Brave ran a back-to-school scholarship contest for US full-time college students who are at least 18 years old to enter to win a scholarship.

Brave and ZebPay partner to bring Brave Rewards earning to India

Sep 14, 2023

Today we are excited to announce our partnership with ZebPay, one of India's leading crypto exchanges.

vBAT Sunset Deadline and Supported Regions

Aug 29, 2023

As a followup to our February blog post regarding the changes to Brave Rewards, today we are announcing the expected vBAT sunset deadline: October 31, 2023.

Leo, Brave's browser-native AI assistant, is now available in Nightly version for testing

Aug 21, 2023

Today we're excited to announce that Leo, the AI assistant built natively in the Brave browser, is now available for testing and feedback in the Nightly desktop channel (starting with version 1.59).

Brave Search launches independent image/video search

Aug 3, 2023

Brave Search's new independent image and video search feature protects your privacy and freedom to access information online.