News Summary

• European search engines Qwant and Ecosia have both started serving search queries through an index they developed together, Staan.
• Staan aims to be a cheaper, more privacy-focused alternative to Google and Bing.
• Qwant said it is using the new index to power some of its features, like AI summaries for search.
• The JV now aims to serve around 50% of French queries and 33% of German queries by the end of the year.EUSP, like Proton, is pushing to develop a European tech stack that doesn’t rely on technology from the U.S. or China.