Qwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech | TechCrunch

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- European search engines Qwant and Ecosia have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together.
- Staan aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
- EUSP is pushing to develop a European tech stack that doesn’t rely on technology from the U.S. or China.
- Qwant said it is using the new index to power some of its features, like AI summaries for search, and E Cosia has plans to add some AI features soon to its platform.
European search engines Qwant and Ecosia said on Wednesday that they have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan, which aims to be a cheaper, more privacy [+1766 chars]