How Kagi is fixing search w/ Vlad Prelovac

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Ever wondered why your Google search results are so bad? Looking for an alternative that puts your interests first instead of an ad company’s? Today we chat with Vlad Prelovac, founder of Kagi, a new type of search engine that rethinks finding information on the internet from the ground up.

More about Vlad

• Vlad’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/vlad-prelovac/

More about Kagi

• Kagi’s website – https://kagi.com/
• Orion, Kagi’s fast, zero-telemetry browser for macOS and iOS – https://browser.kagi.com/

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Chapters

1. How Kagi is fixing search w/ Vlad Prelovac (00:00:00)

2. Vlad introduces himself and Kagi (00:00:31)

3. Why was fixing search the focus for you? (00:02:44)

4. What sets Kagi apart from the privacy-conscious competition? (00:09:35)

5. How do you square the provided privacy with the downside of having all searches potentially linked to a single account? (00:22:56)

6. Implementing blinded authentication to Kagi (00:26:23)

7. What outside of search are you most excited about at Kagi right now? (00:29:50)

8. What future project or product are you most looking forward to releasing at Kagi? (00:39:41)