Comparing Chromium Development at Google and Igalia

Sharon Yang, a Chromium developer who worked at Google for six years before joining Igalia, compared the two companies' approaches to browser development at FOSSY 2026. She highlighted key differences: Google has approximately 180,000 employees and $400+ billion in revenue with institutional ownership, while Igalia is an employee-owned cooperative with around 180 employees and under $1 billion in revenue, yet remains the largest non-browser-maker contributor to Chromium. Yang's presentation, titled "From Corporate to Co-op," aimed to illustrate how these organizational structures differently impact working on the shared Chromium codebase.