[Terretta]

> Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but Kagi uses Google search results.

Click two links down in the same menu:

https://help.kagi.com/kagi/why-kagi/kagi-vs-brave.html

Kagi Search includes anonymized requests to traditional search indexes like Google and Bing as well as sources like Wikipedia, DeepL, and other APIs. We also have our own non-commercial index (Teclis), news index (TinyGem), and an AI for instant answers. Teclis and TinyGem are a result of our crawl through millions of domains, focusing primarily on non-commercial, high-quality content.

Our unique results combined from all of these sources help you discover the best content you can possibly find online, sometimes from the quieter places on the web.

[MildRant]

I would say using Google and Bing makes it not independent but they could invest in further developing their own index if they wanted to go independent.