Which company released the Netscape Navigator web browser?

Netscape released the Netscape Navigator web browser.

Netscape Navigator was developed and sold by Netscape Communications Corporation, the company that grew out of Mosaic Communications. Marc Andreessen, a co-author of the Mosaic browser, joined forces with entrepreneur Jim Clark, and their company renamed itself Netscape after a dispute over use of the Mosaic name.

Navigator first appeared in 1994 and quickly became one of the most influential browsers of the early commercial Web. Its success helped popularize graphical Web browsing, and Netscape's later products contributed technologies such as JavaScript. The browser was distributed in both commercial and evaluation versions during its early releases, with free access offered to many non-commercial users.

The answer is sometimes confused with Mosaic because Navigator was inspired by Mosaic and shared important personnel and ideas. It is also distinct from Microsoft Internet Explorer, which became its chief rival during the browser wars. Netscape's browser eventually declined after Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer with Windows, though the Navigator brand briefly returned under AOL in 2007.