Kagi raises $670k • Hacker News Board

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by samwillis » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:43 AM UTC

gman83 wrote: post #39

I find the data on their pricing interesting. It says 300 searches per month is enough for 99% of users. I'm pretty sure I use more than 300 searches every day. Edit: 300/day is too much, apparently I use about 100/day according to my search history.

That would be one search every 3 min, if you sleep 8hrs a day...

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by sequence7 » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:43 AM UTC

gman83 wrote: post #39

I find the data on their pricing interesting. It says 300 searches per month is enough for 99% of users. I'm pretty sure I use more than 300 searches every day. Edit: 300/day is too much, apparently I use about 100/day according to my search history.

That's because you are in the other 1% of users, they're not saying 300 searches is the average, median or mean across all users.

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by pixeladed » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:44 AM UTC

Neeva - cofounded by an ex-Google exec also provided a paid search experience with similar features. They have since shut down and in their blog post pointed out that the issue they faced was not convincing people that they should pay for search but rather the fact that distribution of their service is difficult (i.e. being browser defaults, at work, on people's phones). What's Kagi doing differently to be able to succeed?

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by drumhead » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:46 AM UTC

That's a paltry amount, why would they need to raise so little, don't they have the cash flow to cover it? I guess VCs arent in the mood to be so generous with their money anymore with the competition for capital so intense. We've probably reached the culling stage of the current cycle.

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by elishah » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:46 AM UTC

For anyone else who, like me, was confused by the name:

> Are you affiliated with the legendary Kagi shareware platform?

> No. That Kagi went bankrupt in an unfortunate turn of events. We liked the name and acquired it when we got the chance.

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by arketyp » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:50 AM UTC

elishah wrote: post #55

For anyone else who, like me, was confused by the name: > Are you affiliated with the legendary Kagi shareware platform? > No. That Kagi went bankrupt in an unfortunate turn of events. We liked the name and acquired it when we got the chance.

Cagey...

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by EdwardDiego » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:51 AM UTC

mattweinberg wrote: post #46

EdwardDiego wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're going to have to explain the relevance of the K man.

The “k” means “thousands”, meaning they raised $670,000 and not $670 million.

I genuinely read that thing about the K as being a reference to the K in Kagi.

I'm going to go have a coffee.

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by Sakos » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:52 AM UTC

Pinegulf wrote: post #31

>Kagi Search requires an account only because it is a paid service which requires an account for the transaction. ref: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/getting-started/faqs.html#why-doe... Eh... This is a tall order when competition is 'free'. Anyways, I wish them good luck as competition is inherently good.

Competition is free if you don't care about your privacy or your personal data. Many don't, sure, but it seems enough do care such that Kagi has continued to grow and improve over time. A tall order for what? They already have plenty of paying customers and it's a self-sustaining business already. What more do you want?

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by hans0l074 » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:52 AM UTC

How do you pronounce this? Is it a soft ? Whenever I see Kagi on HN I smile, because my daughter has a soft toy (a sea horse) that she has named Kagi (she pronounces it kha-gee, with a hard g). Good luck!

Re: Kagi raises $670k

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Post by Sakos » Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 7:54 AM UTC

gman83 wrote: post #39

I find the data on their pricing interesting. It says 300 searches per month is enough for 99% of users. I'm pretty sure I use more than 300 searches every day. Edit: 300/day is too much, apparently I use about 100/day according to my search history.

I'm a fairly heavy user. I used around 1000 searches last month. I wouldn't draw any conclusions from my own usage habits about how other people use the internet or how many searches they'd need.