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Kagi is a paid, ad-free search engine developed by Kagi Inc., a company located in Palo Alto, California.

It functions as a metasearch engine, aggregating results from various sources, but also has its own indexes for websites and news.

Key Features of Kagi

• Filtering results by category using "lenses"
• Ability to upvote, downvote, and block websites in search results
• Showing details about websites like creation date and number of ads/trackers
• AI quick response feature that summarizes a search query and provides sources
• Customizable user interface including a custom CSS editor

Kagi has a subscription-based business model, with no ads or sponsored results. Users must have an account to search, with 100 free searches before needing to subscribe to a monthly plan starting at $5. As of January 2024, Kagi had around 20,515 subscribed members.

Kagi aims to provide a privacy-focused, clutter-free search experience that doesn't try to influence user behavior. While some praise Kagi's search quality and features, others have raised concerns about its "filter bubble" approach and interpretation of privacy.