European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, that aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
we want to build an independent web search index that will greatly benefit European people, European economy, European tech industry and breaks the US monopoly on this area
Government official:
I have no idea what you are talking about but here is a 200 page grant request that you can fill up and if it is accepted can maybe get 5000€ in 2 years
We want to build a search index WITH AI !
OO , I’m calling the president ! you’ll get billions of €.
How I imagine the conversation went
Qwant, Ecosia:
Government official: