Looking for information is one of humanity’s most instinctive and fundamental needs. Think news, weather, stocks, or that sugar free cookie recipe, along with the many other questions that we all want answers to.

The ads model has several unintended consequences, including ever-increasing ad-load, ads driven misinformation and harmful content, and practices that value profit over user privacy.

We believe the business grows as more people understand the value we offer in terms of no ads, privacy and access to both public and their personal information.

My best memories of Google were with small teams creating new products, so I was pretty sure that I wanted to work with small teams and companies.

I strongly believe humanity is better served when you have more choice in the products and services you use. More choice and market competition, I believe, leads to a better experience for consumers.

we also believe that, more than ever, people want to be able to find the information that is most important to them.

I think it’s super important for us to stay focused and execute on the most important thing — which is how do we delight our customers and deliver a product that they can’t live without.