Brave Search
Private search with AI answers
About Brave Search
Brave Search is a privacy-focused search engine built by Brave Software, the company behind the Brave browser. Unlike most alternative search engines that rely on Google or Bing indexes, Brave Search has built its own independent search index, processing billions of web pages to deliver results without depending on Big Tech infrastructure.
Brave Search integrates AI-powered features including Answer with AI, which provides summarized answers to queries with source citations, and CodeLLM for programming-related searches. The search engine processes over 30 million queries daily and has become one of the fastest-growing independent search engines.
Brave Search's fundamental value proposition is privacy — the engine does not track users, does not profile behavior, and does not sell personal data. Users can opt into the free ad-supported tier or subscribe to Brave Search Premium for an ad-free experience. The search engine is the default in the Brave browser, which has over 70 million monthly active users.
Products & Services
Brave Search
Independent, privacy-focused web search with its own crawled index
Answer with AI
AI-powered answer summaries with cited sources for search queries
Brave Search API
Search API for developers wanting private, independent search results
Leadership
Notable Achievements
- ✓ Independent search index (not reliant on Google/Bing)
- ✓ 30M+ daily search queries
- ✓ Part of Brave ecosystem with 70M+ browser users
- ✓ Zero-tracking, privacy-first architecture
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