Kagi
AI Search · Search Engines
$670klatest round · Angel · 2023 · 3 yr ago
1backers · Cadenza Ventures
17team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
35stories in the press
Overview
Kagi builds a paid, ad-free and private search engine for consumers, together with the Orion web browser and a set of AI tools. Its search combines its own indexes with other sources and lets members rank, block or boost websites, and the product line also includes Kagi Assistant, Summarizer, Translate, News, Small Web, FastGPT and a Search API. Founded in 2018 by Vladimir Prelovac in Palo Alto and launched publicly in 2022, it is a public benefit corporation of about 40 remote staff funded by its founder and by about 2.5 million dollars from community angel investors.
Key facts
These are the key facts about Kagi on Alion as of Nov 12, 2026. Kagi is headquartered in Palo Alto, United States. It was founded in 2018. The latest round is Angel of $670k, announced in 2023.
- Headquarters
- Palo Alto, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Founded
- 2018Alion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
- Employees
- 10+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $670kSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Angel · $670k · 2023Alion editors · blog.kagi.com
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$670k
1 round on record
Latest round
$670k
Angel · 2023 · 3 yr ago
Team
17
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025
Backers
1
Cadenza Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
40 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Aug 21
On the Hacker News front page Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results · 1275 points
Mar 17
On the Hacker News front page Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language · 1469 points
Feb 5, 2025
On the Hacker News front page Fair Pricing · 1134 points
Sep 21, 2023
On the Hacker News front page Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month · 1748 points
Aug 4, 2023
On the Hacker News front page Most promoted and blocked domains among Kagi Search users · 986 points
2023
Raised a round Angel $670k
2018
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.02%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
198
best: 1748 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | 2023 | $670k | — | blog.kagi.com |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Vladimir PrelovacFounder & CEO
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
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Financials
Total raised
$670k
Latest round
Angel
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel | 2023 | $670k | Details |
People
Vladimir Prelovac
Founder & CEO
Founded Kagi in 2018 and self-funded it with about 3 million dollars until 2023. Leads the company as CEO.
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Products
Kagi Assistant and FastGPT
AI assistant and fast answer tools grounded in Kagi Search results, with a Search API offered to developers.
kagi.com
Orion Browser
WebKit-based browser for Mac and iOS that blocks ads and trackers by default. A Linux version is in development.
kagi.com
Kagi Search
Paid, ad-free and tracker-free search engine with user-controlled ranking of sites. Funded by member subscriptions rather than advertising.
kagi.com
Connections
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Shared investors
Cadenza VenturesVia a fund
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Owner
Same company
Same group
Likely
News
Google is free, so why pay $10 a month for search? Looking into 'Kagi' revealed it actually makes sense 2026 Editionおぱちょ
Have you ever paid for a search engine?I imagine most people would say no.Both Google and Bing are free.Yet, there is a search engine that people pay $10 a month to use.That is Kagi.When I first heard about it,"No way, paying for search is just..."I thoug
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Definitive Edition Kagi Master Guide "Paid, Ad-Free AI Search" for those tired of ad-cluttered search results - A practical guide from dealing with SEO-polluted search results to customizing your search experience毎日AI調査
This article is an introduction based on personal usage experience.Introduction"Have you ever searched for something, only to be frustrated by ads and thin summary sites appearing at the top of your results?"Okamoto-san (34), a freelance writer, felt dail
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Kagi Translate is back
Kagi Translate is moving to a freemium model and launching a new standalone Individual subscription for $8/month. Anyone with a Kagi account can continue using Translate for free with a limited monthly allowance. For people...
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Kagi Brings Back Old-School Search, One Human-Made Website at a Time
If you're tired of sponsored and AI-summarized search results, Kagi gives you a curated-and human-centric-way to find what you're looking for.
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Testing Uruky to replace Kagi
I thought that of all of the goals of my European migration journey, Kagi would be the easiest. I believed there to be no alternative, so I could just shrug ...
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Uruky: Kagi alternative, EU-based private search engine - Yee Chie's Corner
I was just looking around the Privacyguides forums and found a mention of Uruky. It's a 100% EU-based, simpler private search engine. Setting up an account...
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An update on Kagi Translate
Some of you might have noticed that Translate no longer works when you
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
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Headquarters
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Palo Alto
United States
HQ
San Francisco
United States
Regional office
Contact
PMB 477946, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401