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Kagi Search founded in: 2018 by Vladimir Prelovac — paid private search engine + Kagi Assistant + Universal Summarizer (FastGPT).
Last verified 2026-05-16 · Methodology veritas-v0.1 · 9d06ec4336f79b7e
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- Kagi Search
- Predicate
founded_in- Object
- 2018 by Vladimir Prelovac — paid private search engine + Kagi Assistant + Universal Summarizer (FastGPT)
- Confidence
- 100%
- Tags
- kagi · prelovac · private-search · ad-free · company-history · founded_in · 2018
Sources (2)
[1] docs · Kagi · 2018-08-01
About Kagi Search“Kagi was founded in 2018 by Vladimir Prelovac as a paid, private, ad-free search engine. Public launch: 2022-06-01. Subsequent products: Kagi Assistant, Universal Summarizer (FastGPT API).”
[2] docs · Kagi · 2022-06-01
Kagi help — about + history
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