The project is currently experiencing significant performance challenges due to API usage limits and high demand. As the creator scales up from 2 to 5 VPCs, they've faced operational hurdles, including exceeding quotas from Anthropic and Google. While aiming to reduce costs (10-30 cents per search), the service remains slow. User interactions highlight a mix of amusement and skepticism, with some queries yielding redundant results similar to popular LLMs. Suggestions for improvement include a clickable marquee of examples to minimize costs and better manage user experience. Despite the challenges, there is interest in the potential for an open-source version and further discussions around creative prompts and responses.