That the world needs a non-profit search engine is near trivially true at this point. So good luck Daud. I think the pertinent question though, is what's the b

That the world needs a non-profit search engine is near trivially true at this point. So good luck Daud. I think the pertinent question though, is what's the best way to demonopolize search. Maybe the answer to that is non profit, maybe something else. Google has a most search users. They have an even higher (much higher) portion of search revenue and essentially all of the sector's profits. One advantage a non profit might have is going after the low profit parts of search. Use cases where Google is likely to be under-serving users. Also, search isn't just websearch anymore. It's a way of calling a calculator, translating, etc. It's a text box that does stuff. The newest gen of language models may be the technical catalyst for some rapid evolution in the "clever text box" space. Google is obviously super active in this space, but shifts are a good time to get in. Where would you skate, if you were skating towards where the search puck is going?