He said of the origin of the name: "Really it just popped in my head one day and I just liked it. Weinberg explained the beginnings of the name with respect to the children's game duck, duck, goose. ![]() Because of this, TechCrunch characterized the service as a "hybrid" search engine. DuckDuckGo is built primarily upon search APIs from various vendors. The search engine is written in Perl and runs on nginx, FreeBSD, and Linux. Initially self-funded by Weinberg up until 2011, it was then "backed by Union Square Ventures and a handful of angel investors." DuckDuckGo gains revenue via advertisements and affiliate programs. ![]() Weinberg is an entrepreneur who previously launched Names Database, a now-defunct social network. DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
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