Quick Answer
- Kagi News is a privacy-first, AI-powered daily news briefing by Kagi (the private search engine company)
- It replaces endless scrolling with one focused update per day, published around noon UTC.
- Sources are community-curated, open-source, and free of ads or tracking.
- Available on iOS, Android, and the web at kite.kagi.com.
What Is Kagi News?
Most news apps are designed to keep you hooked — infinite feeds, push notifications, and algorithmically-driven outrage. Kagi News takes a different approach. It’s a daily press review that uses AI to read thousands of community-curated RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from publications worldwide. It then distills everything into a five minute read.
How It Works
Every day around noon UTC, Kagi’s system processes thousands of articles from diverse global sources. The AI generates a structured briefing — with highlights, perspectives, historical context, humanitarian impact, and technical details — while citing sources for every major point. You can tap any citation to go directly to the original article.
According to Kagi’s documentation, the briefing covers key categories like world news, technology, science, and business, all of which are fully customizable. You can add niche topics like regional news or specific tech beats, reorder sections, and control how deep you want to dive into each story.
Privacy and Transparency
There are no ads, no trackers, and no engagement algorithms deciding what you see. The source list itself is managed through a public GitHub repository — anyone can propose new feeds, flag bad sources, or suggest improvements.
