Qwant. DuckDuckGo. Our Story With our roots as the search engine that doesn’t track you, we’ve expanded what we do to protect you no matter where you go on the Internet. Check out our story. We Hatched DuckDuckGo began as an idea for a better search engine experience. We hatched out of a few servers in a dusty basement. February 29, 2008 Launch! Within the year, DuckDuckGo was announced to the Hacker News and reddit communities. September 25, 2008 Anonymous We decided to make a bold move and not track your search history. March 15, 2010 The Billboard We told the world “Google tracks you. January 11, 2011 2011 Donations We rely on a lot of great projects to keep our wings flapping. February 26, 2011 Employee #1 For years our founder Gabriel was the only full-timer.
November 30, 2011 Headquarters We finally moved out of Gabriel’s basement into our fortress in Paoli, PA. December 1, 2011 Redesign January 16, 2012 February 13, 2012 2012 Donations March 7, 2012 2013 Donations February 25, 2013 June 10, 2013 June 17, 2013 Employee #10. Ixquick Web Recherche. Exalead. Mozbot.