What was Netscape Communications Corporation originally called when it was founded in 1994?

Netscape Communications Corporation was originally called Mosaic Communications Corporation when it was founded in 1994.

The company was established by Marc Andreessen, Jim Clark, and others after Andreessen helped create Mosaic, an influential early graphical web browser, at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The new company initially planned to develop and commercialize web-browser technology.

Mosaic Communications changed its name to Netscape Communications Corporation in November 1994 after a trademark dispute involving the Mosaic name. The company’s browser became Netscape Navigator, which helped make the World Wide Web accessible to a much broader audience.

Netscape later became a major Silicon Valley internet company and went public in 1995. Its initial public offering became famous for signaling intense investor interest in internet businesses. A common mix-up is assuming Netscape created Mosaic itself; Mosaic was developed at the University of Illinois, while Netscape commercialized related browser technology.