https://duckduckgo.com/about https://duckduckgo.com/about says "DuckDuckGo began as an idea" on February 29, 2008, and on September 25, 2008 "DuckDuckGo was ann

https://duckduckgo.com/about https://duckduckgo.com/about says "DuckDuckGo began as an idea" on February 29, 2008, and on September 25, 2008 "DuckDuckGo was announced to the Hacker News and reddit communities". FWIW, here's the original HN announcement - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315142 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315142 .