Andi, founded in 2021, rebuilds the search results page around a direct conversational answer rather than a ranked list of links to click through, positioning itself as a search engine first and a chatbot second, distinct from tools that started as a chat interface and added web access afterward.
Privacy is a stated part of that pitch: Andi markets itself as ad-free and doesn't build the kind of advertising profile mainstream search engines rely on, appealing to users who want AI-summarized search results without the tracking that funds most free search products. Results cite sources directly so a user can verify where an answer's information came from.
Andi is free to use, funded differently than ad-supported search rather than through a subscription tier. For anyone who wants search results as a direct answer with sources rather than a page to dig through, and values not being tracked for advertising in the process, Andi's conversational-search-first, ad-free design targets that combination specifically.
