Ecosia and Qwant are partnering to build a European search index and reduce their dependence on U.S. Big Tech firms.

Qwant, France's privacy-focused search engine, and Ecosia, a Berlin-based not-for-profit search engine that uses ad revenue to fund tree planting and

Generative AI and new rules targeting tech giants are giving Ecosia and Qwant fuel to challenge Google and Microsoft and develop a web index for Europe.

European search engines Ecosia and Qwant have partnered to create an independent search index, aiming to challenge the dominance of US tech giants Google and Microsoft. The joint venture, called European Search Perspective (EUSP),