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Ask HN: Financial Audit of DuckDuckGo?
9 points by giantg2 12 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
Duckduckgo has really expanded their offerings, including AI search results. This seems expensive. It makes me suspicious that it could be a honeypot or something. Where do they get their money?
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They hold a 0.74% share of the global search engine market (1.75% in the US), so even if they earn revenue solely through advertising or affiliate income, Duckduckgo will produce substantial $$$.

It seems highly unlikely that the ads from a single search would cover the tokens for the AI summarization of that search.



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