Xayn
| Type of business | Aktiengesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Area served | Europe |
| Founder(s) | Leif-Nissen Lundbæk Michael Huth Felix Hahmann |
| CEO | Leif-Nissen Lundbæk |
Xayn is search engine application that works with artificial intelligence. The application is ad-free and does not save any personal user data.[1]
The Xayn AG was founded by Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, Michael Huth and Felix Hahmann in 2017 in Berlin.[2] In the early funding stages in 2018 and 2019 Xayn raised €9.5 million.[3][4] The first mobile version of Xayn was published in December 2020 for Android and iOS.[5]
In summer 2021 Xayn announced a Series A founding round of $12 million, which was led by the Japanese investors Global Brain and Japanese telco KDDI. In combination with funding from previous backers, like the Earlybird VC (Berlin), the company accumulated a financing of $23 million.[6]
Xayn shows results in form of snippets, which the user can swipe to the right or to the left, depending on whether the information was useful or not. By learning about the user's preferences, the application builds a profile and presents personalised results.[5] The application is ad-free and uses a built-in ad blocker.[5] Xayn uses the search index of Microsoft, Wikipedia and about 300 other sources.[7]
Xayn uses user data to provide personalised search results. The AI however is not cloud-based and no data is uploaded into the applications server.[4] The AI processes the user data on the device and generates models out of the user's behaviour, which will then be encrypted and uploaded to a server.[8] The AI information is integrated into a global model, while all personal data is only saved on the device.[9]
Awards[edit]
2017: Porsche Innovation Contest[4]
External Links[edit]
- Xayn official website
References[edit]
- ↑ Schieb, Jörg (2021-08-31). "Xayn: Neue Suchmaschine für die Generation Tinder › Digitalistan". Westdeutscher Rundfunk (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-08-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Tiefenthaler, Federica (27 August 2021). "Xayn's €10 Million Series A Financing Round". Global Legal Chronicle. Retrieved 31 August 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Xayn is privacy-safe, personalized mobile web search powered by on-device AIs". BBC. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gläsemann, Andrea (2021-02-22). "Googles neuer Gegner". Forbes (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-08-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Xayn launches a desktop version of its ad-free, privacy-safe search". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ↑ "Privacy-oriented search app Xayn raises $12M from Japanese backers to go into devices". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ↑ Voß, Oliver (2020-12-09). "Suchmaschine mit Tinder-Prinzip". Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 2021-08-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Xayn: Suchmaschine soll vom Nutzer lernen und trotzdem seine Daten schützen". DER STANDARD (in Deutsch). 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2021-08-31. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Siethoff, Paul (2021-02-12). "Wie Google, nur ohne Überwachung". Frankfurter Rundschau (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-08-31. Unknown parameter
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