I feel sorry for Kagi. I've paid for the last couple of years as I support a better web search.
But I've found my web searching is so small now with AI.
I checked and I did less than 300 Kagi searches last month so downgraded my plan.
I wish them the best but timing is a b**.
Beside search, I found out assistant is worth trying.
Kagi Assistant + customised search/lenses is super powerful. It gives you control over what context from the internet the AI can use/you trust
I use Kagi's search API with my agents, including their summarizer, and it has been great!
This would be an interesting use case. But it seems API access is not included in the subscription? The value proposition would have been higher if it was (so one subscription for both human and agent use).
I would love a Kagi MCP to give my agents a better web search tool but they don't seem interested. I would pay for this.
https://github.com/kagisearch/kagimcp
I think their Kagi Assistant is quite fine for AI search. Free models, or cheap ones perhaps, but for search all are great. With some privacy benefits. I even use to cross-check the findings of Claude, which sometimes pays off! (new angles, discrepancy in important details to dive into, ...)