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DuckDuckGo will be making more early-stage investments in privacy-focused startups
DuckDuckGo is pledging to invest in privacy-focused startups -- both in a venture capital capacity, and through acquisitions.
In a blog post today, the company name-checked its SVP of finance, Mike Marino, and director of corporate and business development, Diana Chiu, as points of contact for those interested. DuckDuckGo, which says it has been profitable since 2014 and has had more than $100 million in annual revenue since at least 2021, positions itself as the antithesis of Google, monetizing through ads based only on the content of keyword searches rather than user data. A DuckDuckGo spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company has invested in six startups over the past three years, though would only name You.com, Removaly, and one hitherto unknown one — an AI model training platform called EverArt.
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