Mozilla has appointed Amy Keating as chief business officer, tasking the former Mozilla executive with helping the organization align its mission-driven portfolio with long-term financial sustainability as it expands efforts to build what it calls an open, trustworthy alternative to today’s increasingly closed and concentrated AI ecosystem.
In the newly created role, Keating will work across the broader Mozilla family of organizations, spanning products, operating companies, investments, grants, and new ventures. Mozilla said the position is focused on strengthening business rigor and operational discipline while ensuring the organization can continue to fund initiatives intended to “push the internet in a better direction.”
Mozilla framed the hire as part of a “double bottom line” economic approach that evaluates performance through both mission impact and commercial results. The organization said delivering on that model requires senior business leadership capable of scaling investment and growth efforts without compromising Mozilla’s long-standing emphasis on openness, community, and public-interest technology.
Mark Surman, president of the Mozilla Foundation, said the organization’s mission is not sufficient on its own to produce the market-level change Mozilla is seeking in AI and the broader web ecosystem, arguing that commercial success is necessary to sustain investment and compete with dominant technology players.
Keating returns to Mozilla after previously serving as Mozilla Corporation’s chief legal officer and holding board roles with Mozilla Ventures and the Mozilla Foundation. Most recently, she held senior leadership positions at enterprise search company Glean and Earth-imaging company Planet Labs. Earlier in her career, Keating spent nearly a decade across Google and Twitter, and Mozilla said she brings roughly 20 years of experience advising and operating in technology organizations.
Mozilla said Keating will bring an “investment and growth lens” to the organization, supporting its portfolio of mission-driven companies and nonprofits, identifying opportunities to back new entities aligned with Mozilla’s strategy, and helping position Mozilla as an economic counterbalance to what it described as a closed AI ecosystem dominated by a small number of major players.
The company also linked the appointment to broader leadership and strategy updates, pointing readers to additional materials about Mozilla’s “next era” and recent executive changes, including the selection of a new chief technology officer, Raffi Krikorian.
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“Mozilla’s mission has never been more urgent — but mission alone isn’t enough to bring about the change we want to see in the world. To build real alternatives in AI and the web, we need to be commercially successful, sustainable, and able to invest at scale. Our double bottom line depends on it. Amy is a proven, visionary business leader who understands how to align values with viable, ambitious business strategy. She will help ensure Mozilla can grow, thrive, and influence the entire marketplace.”
Mark Surman, President, Mozilla Foundation
“Mozilla has always been creative, ambitious, and deeply rooted in community. I’m excited to return at a moment when the organization is bringing its mission and its assets together in new ways — and to help build the operational and business foundation that allows our teams and portfolio organizations to thrive.”
“I’m here to move with speed and clarity, and to think and act at the scale of our potential across the Mozilla Project.”
Amy Keating, Chief Business Officer, Mozilla
