List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet

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Google is a computer software and a web search engine company that acquired, on average, more than one company per week in 2010 and 2011.[1] The table below is an incomplete list of acquisitions, with each acquisition listed being for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between Google and the acquisition subject. As Google is headquartered in the United States, acquisition is listed in US dollars. If the price of an acquisition is unlisted, then it is undisclosed. If the Google service that is derived from the acquired company is known, then it is also listed here. Google itself was re-organized into a subsidiary of a larger holding company known as Alphabet Inc. in 2015.

Timeline of Google products, services, and acquisitions

As of December 2016, Alphabet has acquired over 200 companies, with its largest acquisition being the purchase of Motorola Mobility, a mobile device manufacturing company, for $12.5 billion in 2012. Most of the firms acquired by Google are based in the United States, and, in turn, most of these are based in or around the San Francisco Bay Area. To date, Alphabet has divested itself of four[2] business units: Frommers, which was sold back to Arthur Frommer in April 2012;[3] SketchUp, which was sold to Trimble in April 2012,[4] Boston Dynamics in early 2016 and Google Radio Automation, which was sold to WideOrbit in 2009.[5]

Many Google products originated as services provided by companies that Google has since acquired. For example, Google's first acquisition was the Usenet company Deja News, and its services became Google Groups. Similarly, Google acquired Dodgeball, a social networking service company, and eventually replaced it with Google Latitude. Other acquisitions include web application company JotSpot, which became Google Sites; Voice over IP company GrandCentral, which became Google Voice; and video hosting service company Next New Networks, which became YouTube Next Lab and Audience Development Group. CEO Larry Page has explained that potential acquisition candidates must pass a sort of "toothbrush test": Are their products potentially useful once or twice a day, and do they improve your life?[6]

Following the acquisition of Israel-based startup Waze in June 2013, Google submitted a 10-Q filing with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) that revealed that the corporation spent $1.3 billion on acquisitions during the first half of 2013, with $966 million of that total going to Waze.[7]

Key acquisitions

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In October 2006, Google announced that it had acquired the video-sharing site YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock,[8][9] and the deal was finalized on November 13, 2006.[10][11]

On April 13, 2007, Google reached an agreement to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion, transferring to Google valuable relationships that DoubleClick had with Web publishers and advertising agencies.[12] The deal was approved despite anti-trust concerns raised by competitors Microsoft and AT&T.[13]

On August 15, 2011, Google made its largest-ever acquisition to date when it announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion[14][15] subject to approval from regulators in the United States and Europe. This purchase was made in part to help Google gain Motorola's considerable patent portfolio on mobile phones and wireless technologies, to help protect Google in its ongoing patent disputes with other companies,[16] mainly Apple and Microsoft,[17] and to allow it to continue to freely offer Android.[18] The merger was completed on May 22, 2012, after the approval of China.[19]

In June 2013, Google acquired Waze, a $966 million deal.[20] While Waze would remain an independent entity, its social features, such as its crowdsourced location platform, were reportedly valuable integrations between Waze and Google Maps, Google's own mapping service.[21]

On January 26, 2014, Google announced it had agreed to acquire DeepMind Technologies, a privately held artificial intelligence company from London. DeepMind describes itself as having the ability to combine the best techniques from machine learning and systems neuroscience to build general-purpose learning algorithms. DeepMind's first commercial applications were used in simulations, e-commerce and games. As of December 2013, it was reported that DeepMind had roughly 75 employees.[22] Technology news website Recode reported that the company was purchased for $400 million though it was not disclosed where the information came from. A Google spokesman would not comment on the price.[23][24] The purchase of DeepMind aids in Google's recent growth in the artificial intelligence and robotics community.[25]

List of mergers and acquisitions

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Number Acquisition date Company Business Country Price (USD) Used as or integrated with Refs.
1 February 12, 2001 DejaNews Usenet  United States — Google Groups [26][27][28][29]
2 September 20, 2001 Outride Web search engine  United States — Google Personalized Search [30]
3 February 2003 Pyra Labs Weblog software  United States — Blogger [31]
4 April 2003 Neotonic Software Customer relationship management  United States — Google Groups, Gmail [32]
5 April 2003 Applied Semantics Online advertising  United States $102,000,000 AdSense, AdWords [33][34][35][36][37]
6 September 30, 2003 Kaltix Web search engine  United States — Google Personalized Search [38]
7 October 2003 Sprinks Online advertising  United States — AdSense, AdWords [39]
8 October 2003 Genius Labs Blogging  United States — Blogger [40]
9 May 10, 2004 Ignite Logic HTML editor  United States — Google Sites [41]
10 July 13, 2004 Picasa Image organizer  United States — Picasa, Blogger [42]
11 September 2004 ZipDash Traffic analysis  United States — Google Maps [43]
12 October 2004 Where2 Map analysis  Australia — Google Maps [44]
13 October 27, 2004 Keyhole Map analysis  United States — Google Maps, Google Earth [45]
14 March 28, 2005 Urchin Software Corporation Web analytics  United States — Google Analytics [46]
15 May 12, 2005 Dodgeball Social networking service  United States — Google Latitude [47]
16 July 19, 2005 Akwan Information Technologies Search engines  Brazil — Internet backbone [48]
17 July 2005 Reqwireless Mobile browser  Canada — Google Mobile [49]
18 August 17, 2005 Android Mobile operating system  United States $50,000,000 Android [50][51]
19 November 2005 Skia Graphics library  United States — Skia [52]
20 December 27, 2005 Phatbits Widget engine  United States — Google Desktop [53]
21 December 31, 2005 allPAY Mobile software  Germany — Google Mobile [54]
22 December 31, 2005 bruNET Mobile software  Germany — Google Mobile [54]
23 January 17, 2006 dMarc Broadcasting Advertising  United States $102,000,000 AdSense [55]
24 February 14, 2006 Measure Map Weblog software  United States — Google Analytics [56]
25 March 9, 2006 Upstartle Word processor  United States — Google Docs [57]
26 March 14, 2006 @Last Software 3D modeling software  United States — Google Sketchup [58]
27 April 9, 2006 Orion Web search engine  Australia — Google Search [59]
28 June 1, 2006 2Web Technologies Online spreadsheets  United States — Google Spreadsheet [60][61]
29 August 15, 2006 Neven Vision Germany Computer vision  Germany — Picasa, Google Goggles [62]
30 October 9, 2006 YouTube Video sharing  United States $1,650,000,000 YouTube [63][64]
31 October 31, 2006 JotSpot Web application  United States — Google Sites [65]
32 December 18, 2006 Endoxon Mapping  Switzerland $28,000,000 Google Maps [66]
33 February 16, 2007 Adscape In-game advertising  United States $23,000,000 AdSense [67]
34 March 16, 2007 Trendalyzer Statistical software  Sweden — Google Analytics [68]
35 May 28, 2007 Crusix Social networking service  United States — YouTube —
36 April 17, 2007 Tonic Systems Presentation program  United States — Google Docs [69]
37 April 19, 2007 Marratech Videoconferencing  Sweden $15,000,000 Google Talk, Google Hangouts [70]
38 April 13, 2007 DoubleClick Online advertising  United States $3,100,000,000 AdSense [71][72][73]
39 May 11, 2007 GreenBorder Computer security  United States — Google Chrome [74]
40 June 1, 2007 Panoramio Photo sharing  Spain — Panoramio [75]
41 June 3, 2007 FeedBurner Web feed  United States $100,000,000 FeedBurner [76]
42 June 5, 2007 PeakStream Parallel processing  United States — Android [77]
43 June 19, 2007 Zenter Presentation program  United States — Google Docs [78]
44 July 2, 2007 GrandCentral Voice over IP  United States $45,000,000 Google Voice [79][80]
45 July 20, 2007 ImageAmerica Aerial photography  United States — Google Maps [81]
46 July 9, 2007 Postini Communications security  United States $625,000,000 Gmail [82]
47 September 27, 2007 Zingku Social networking service  United States — Google Mobile [83]
48 October 9, 2007 Jaiku Microblogging  Finland — Google Mobile [84]
49 July 30, 2008 Omnisio Online video  United States $15,000,000 YouTube [85]
50 September 12, 2008 TNC Weblog software  South Korea — Blogger [86]
51 August 5, 2009 On2 Video compression  United States $133,000,000 WebM, YouTube [87]
52 September 16, 2009 reCAPTCHA Security  United States — Google Books, reCAPTCHA [88]
53 November 9, 2009 AdMob Mobile advertising  United States — DoubleClick, Invite Media [89][90][91]
54 November 9, 2009 Gizmo5 Voice over IP  United States $30,000,000 Google Talk, Google Hangouts [92]
55 November 23, 2009 Teracent Online advertising  United States — AdSense [93]
56 December 4, 2009 AppJet Collaborative real-time editor  United States — Google Wave, Google Docs [94]
57 February 12, 2010 Aardvark Social search  United States $50,000,000 Aardvark [95]
58 February 17, 2010 reMail Email search  United States — Gmail [96]
59 March 1, 2010 Picnik Photo editing  United States — Picasa [97][98]
60 March 5, 2010 DocVerse Microsoft Office files sharing site  United States $25,000,000 Google Docs [99]
61 April 2, 2010 Episodic Online video platform start-up  United States — YouTube [100]
62 April 12, 2010 Plink Visual search engine  Ireland — Google Goggles [101]
63 April 20, 2010 Agnilux Server CPUs  United States — Android [102]
64 April 27, 2010 LabPixies Gadgets  Israel — iGoogle, Android [103]
65 April 30, 2010 BumpTop Desktop environment  Canada $30,000,000 Android [104]
66 May 18, 2010 Global IP Solutions Video and audio compression  United States $68,200,000 WebRTC [105][106]
67 May 20, 2010 Simplify Media Music streaming  United States — Android [107]
68 May 21, 2010 Ruba.com Travel  United States — iGoogle [108]
69 June 3, 2010 Invite Media Advertising  United States $81,000,000 DoubleClick [109]
70 July 16, 2010 Metaweb Semantic search  United States — Google Search [110]
71 August 2010 Zetawire Mobile payment, NFC  Canada — Android, Google Wallet, Google Checkout [111]
72 August 4, 2010 Instantiations Java/Eclipse/AJAX developer tools  United States — Google Web Toolkit [112][113]
73 August 5, 2010 Slide.com Social gaming  United States $228,000,000 Google+, Orkut, Google Play [114]
74 August 10, 2010 Jambool Social Gold payment  United States $70,000,000 Google+, Orkut [115]
75 August 15, 2010 Like.com Visual search engine  United States $100,000,000 Google Shopping [116][117]
76 August 30, 2010 Angstro Social networking service  United States — Google, Google Alert [118]
77 August 30, 2010 SocialDeck Social gaming  Canada — Google, Google+ [119]
78 September 13, 2010 Quiksee Online video  Israel $10,000,000 Google Maps [120]
79 September 28, 2010 Plannr Schedule management  United States — Google+ [121][122]
80 October 1, 2010 BlindType Touch typing  Greece — Android [123][124]
81 December 3, 2010 Phonetic Arts Speech synthesis  United Kingdom — Google Voice, Google Translate [125]
82 December 3, 2010 Widevine Technologies DRM  United States — Google TV [126]
83 January 13, 2011 eBook Technologies E-book  United States — Google Books [127]
84 January 25, 2011 SayNow Voice recognition  United States — Google Voice [128]
85 March 1, 2011 Zynamics Security  Germany — Project Zero [129][130]
86 March 7, 2011 BeatThatQuote.com Price comparison service  United Kingdom $65,000,000 Google Shopping [131][132]
87 March 7, 2011 Next New Networks Online video  United States — YouTube [133]
88 March 16, 2011 Green Parrot Pictures Digital video  Ireland — YouTube [134]
89 April 8, 2011 PushLife Service provider  Canada $25,000,000 Google Play [135]
90 April 12, 2011 ITA Software Travel technology  United States $676,000,000 Google Flights [136][137]
91 April 26, 2011 TalkBin Mobile software  United States — Android [138]
92 May 23, 2011 Sparkbuy Product search  United States — Google Shopping [139]
93 June 3, 2011 PostRank Social media analytics service  Canada — Google+ Google Analytics [140]
94 June 9, 2011 Admeld Online advertising  United States $400,000,000 DoubleClick, Invite Media [141][142]
95 June 18, 2011 SageTV Media center  United States — Google TV, Google Fiber, Android TV [143]
96 July 8, 2011 Punchd Loyalty program  United States — Google Offers [144][145]
97 July 21, 2011 Fridge Social groups  United States — Google+ [146]
98 July 23, 2011 PittPatt Facial recognition system  United States — Android [147][148]
99 August 1, 2011 Dealmap One deal a day service  United States — Google Offers [149]
100 August 15, 2011 Motorola Mobility Mobile device manufacturer  United States $12,500,000,000 Android, Google TV, Android TV, Patent portfolio [150]
101 September 7, 2011 Zave Networks Digital coupons  United States — Google Offers [151]
102 September 8, 2011 Zagat Restaurant reviews  United States $151,000,000 Google Places, Google Maps [152][153][154]
103 September 19, 2011 DailyDeal One deal a day service  Germany $114,000,000 Google Offers [155]
104 October 11, 2011 SocialGrapple Social media analytics service  Canada — Google+ Google Analytics [156]
105 November 10, 2011 Apture Instantaneous search  United States — Google Search [157]
106 November 14, 2011 Katango Social circle organization  United States — Google+ [158]
107 December 9, 2011 RightsFlow Music rights management  United States — YouTube [159]
108 December 13, 2011 Clever Sense Local recommendations app  United States — Google Maps [160][161]
109 March 16, 2012 Milk Software company  United States — Google+ [162]
110 April 2, 2012 TxVia Online payments  United States — Google Wallet, Google Checkout [163]
111 June 4, 2012 Meebo Social networking  United States $100,000,000 Google+ [164]
112 June 5, 2012 Quickoffice Mobile office suite  United States — Google Docs [165]
113 July 20, 2012 Sparrow Mobile apps  France $25,000,000 Gmail [166][167][168]
114 2012 WIMM Labs Android-powered smartwatches  United States — Android Wear [169]
115 August 1, 2012 Wildfire Interactive Social media marketing  United States $450,000,000 Google, Google+ [170]
116 September 7, 2012 VirusTotal.com Security  Spain — Chronicle [171][172]
117 September 17, 2012 Nik Software Photography  United States — Google, Android [173][174][175]
118 October 1, 2012 Viewdle Facial recognition  Ukraine $45,000,000 Android [176][177]
119 November 28, 2012 Incentive Targeting Digital coupons  United States — Google Offers [178][179]
120 November 30, 2012 BufferBox Package delivery  Canada $17,000,000 Google Shopping, Android [180][181]
121 February 6, 2013 Channel Intelligence Product ecommerce  United States $125,000,000 Google Shopping [182]
122 March 12, 2013 DNNresearch Deep Neural Networks  Canada $44,000,000 Google, X [183][184]
123 March 15, 2013 Talaria Technologies Cloud computing  United States — Google Cloud [185]
124 April 12, 2013 Behavio Social prediction  United States — Google Now [186]
125 April 23, 2013 Wavii Natural language processing  United States $30,000,000 Google Knowledge Graph [187]
126 May 23, 2013 Makani Power Airborne wind turbines  United States — X [188]
127 June 11, 2013 Waze GPS navigation software  Israel $966,000,000 Google Maps, Waze [7]
128 September 16, 2013 Bump Mobile software  United States — Google Photos [189]
129 October 2, 2013 Flutter Gesture recognition technology  United States $40,000,000 Google, Android, X [190]
130 October 22, 2013 FlexyCore DroidBooster app for Android  France $23,000,000 Android [191]
131 December 2, 2013 Schaft Robotics, humanoid robots  Japan — X [192]
132 December 3, 2013 Industrial Perception Robotic arms, computer vision  United States — X [192]
133 December 4, 2013 Redwood Robotics Robotic arms  United States — X [192]
134 December 5, 2013 Meka Robotics Robots  United States — X [192]
135 December 6, 2013 Holomni Robotic wheels  United States — X [192]
136 December 7, 2013 Bot & Dolly Robotic cameras  United States — X [192]
137 December 8, 2013 Autofuss Ads and design  United States — X [192]
138 December 10, 2013 Boston Dynamics Robotics  United States — X [192][193]
138 January 4, 2014 Bitspin Timely app for Android  Switzerland — Android [194]
139 January 13, 2014 Nest Labs Home automation  United States $3,200,000,000 Nest Labs [195][196]
140 January 15, 2014 Impermium Internet security  United States — Project Zero [197]
141 January 26, 2014 DeepMind Technologies Artificial intelligence  United Kingdom $625,000,000 Google DeepMind [198][199]
142 February 16, 2014 SlickLogin Internet Security  Israel — Project Zero [200]
143 February 21, 2014 spider.io Anti-click fraud  United Kingdom — DoubleClick, AdSense [201]
144 March 12, 2014 GreenThrottle Gadgets  United States — Android [202][203]
145 April 14, 2014 Titan Aerospace High-altitude UAVs  United States — Project Loon [204][205][206]
146 May 2, 2014 Rangespan E-commerce  United Kingdom — Google Shopping [207]
147 May 6, 2014 Adometry Online advertising attribution  United States — Google Analytics AdSense [208]
148 May 7, 2014 Appetas Restaurant website creation  United States — Google My Business [209]
149 May 7, 2014 Stackdriver Cloud computing  United States — Google Cloud Platform [210]
150 May 7, 2014 MyEnergy Online energy usage monitoring  United States — Nest Labs [211]
151 May 16, 2014 Quest Visual Augmented reality  United States — Google Translate [212]
152 May 19, 2014 Divide Mobile device management  United States — Android for Work [213]
153 June 10, 2014 Skybox Imaging Satellite  United States $500,000,000 Google Maps, Project Loon [214]
154 June 19, 2014 mDialog Online advertising  Canada — DoubleClick [215]
155 June 19, 2014 Alpental Technologies Wireless  United States — Google [215]
156 June 20, 2014 Dropcam Home monitoring  United States $555,000,000 Nest Labs [216]
157 June 25, 2014 Appurify Automated application testing  United States $95,000,000 Android [217]
158 July 1, 2014 Songza Music streaming  United States — Google Play, Android TV [218]
159 July 23, 2014 drawElements Graphics compatibility testing  Finland — Android [219]
160 August 6, 2014 Emu IM client  United States — Google Hangouts, Google Now [220]
161 August 6, 2014 Directr Mobile video  United States — YouTube [221]
162 August 17, 2014 Jetpac Artificial intelligence, image recognition  United States — Picasa [222]
163 August 23, 2014 Gecko Design Mechanical design  United States — X [223]
164 August 26, 2014 Zync Render Cloud-based visual effects software  United States — Google Cloud Platform [224]
165 September 10, 2014 Lift Labs Liftware  United States — Verily [225]
166 September 11, 2014 Polar Social polling  United States — Google+ [226]
167 October 21, 2014 Firebase Application development platform  United States — Google Cloud Platform [227]
168 October 23, 2014 Dark Blue Labs & Vision Factory Artificial intelligence  United Kingdom $10,000,000 Google DeepMind [228]
169 October 24, 2014 Revolv Home automation  United States — Nest Labs [229]
170 November 19, 2014 RelativeWave Mobile software prototyping  United States — Android [230]
171 December 17, 2014 Vidmaker Video editing  United States — YouTube [231]
172 February 4, 2015 Launchpad Toys Child-friendly apps  United States — YouTube for Kids [232][233]
173 February 8, 2015 Odysee Multimedia sharing and storage  United States — Google+ [234]
174 February 23, 2015 Softcard Mobile payments  United States — Android Pay [235][236]
175 February 24, 2015 Red Hot Labs App advertising and discovery  United States — Google Play [237]
176 April 16, 2015 Thrive Audio Surround sound technology  Ireland — Google Cardboard [238]
177 April 16, 2015 Skillman & Hackett Virtual reality software  United States — Tilt Brush [238]
178 May 4, 2015 Timeful Mobile software  United States — Google Inbox, Google Calendar [239]
179 May 28, 2015 Pulse.io Mobile app optimizer  United States — Android [240]
180 July 21, 2015 Pixate Mobile software prototyping  United States — Android [241]
181 September 21, 2015 Oyster E-book subscriptions  United States — Google Play Books [citation needed]
182 September 30, 2015 Jibe Mobile Rich Communication Services  United States — Messages [242]
183 June 18, 2015 Agawi Mobile application streaming  United States — Android, Google Play [243]
184 October 17, 2015 Digisfera 360-degree photography  Portugal — Street View [244]
185 November 11, 2015 Fly Labs Video editing  United States — Google Photos [245]
186 November 11, 2015 bebop Cloud software  United States $380,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [246]
187 February 12, 2016 BandPage Platform for musicians  United States — YouTube [247]
188 February 18, 2016 Pie Enterprise communications  Singapore — Spaces [248]
189 May 2, 2016 Synergyse Interactive learning platform  Canada — Google Docs [249]
190 June 22, 2016 Webpass Internet service provider  United States — Google Fiber [250]
191 July 6, 2016 Moodstocks Image recognition  France — Google Photos [251]
192 July 8, 2016 Anvato Cloud-based video services  United States — Google Cloud Platform [252]
193 July 12, 2016 Kifi Link management  United States — Spaces [253]
194 July 27, 2016 LaunchKit Mobile developer tools  United States — Firebase [254]
195 August 8, 2016 Orbitera Cloud software  United States $100,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [255]
196 September 8, 2016 Apigee API management and predictive analytics  United States $625,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [256]
197 September 15, 2016 Urban Engines Location-based analytics  United States — Google Maps [257][258]
198 September 19, 2016 API.AI Natural language processing  United States — Google Assistant [259][260]
199 October 11, 2016 FameBit Branded content  United States — YouTube [261]
200 October 24, 2016 Eyefluence Eye tracking, virtual reality  United States — [262][263]
201 November 5, 2016 LeapDroid Android emulator  United States — Android [264]
202 November 21, 2016 Qwiklabs Cloud-based hands-on training platform  United States — Google Cloud Platform [265]
203 December 13, 2016 Cronologics Smartwatches  United States — Android Wear [266]
204 January 5, 2017 Limes Audio Voice communication  Sweden — Google Duo, Google Hangouts [267]
205 January 19, 2017 Fabric Mobile app platform  United States — Firebase [268]
206 March 8, 2017 Kaggle Data science  United States — Google Cloud Platform [269]
207 March 9, 2017 AppBridge Productivity suite  United States — Google Docs [270]
208 May 10, 2017 Owlchemy Labs Virtual reality studio  United States — [271]
209 July 12, 2017 Halli Labs Artificial intelligence  India — [272]
210 August 16, 2017 AIMatter Computer vision  Belarus — YouTube [273][274][275]
211 September 21, 2017 HTC (portions) Talent and intellectual property licenses  Taiwan $1,100,000,000 Google Pixel [276][277][278]
212 September 26, 2017 Bitium Single sign-on and identity management  United States — Google Cloud Platform [279]
213 October 9, 2017 Relay Media AMP converter  United States — Accelerated Mobile Pages [280]
214 October 11, 2017 60db Podcasts  United States — Google Play Music, Google Podcasts [281]
215 January 11, 2018 Redux Audio  United Kingdom — [282][283]
216 March 27, 2018 Tenor GIF image search  United States — Google Images, Gboard [284]
217 May 9, 2018 Velostrata Cloud migration  Israel — Google Cloud Platform [285]
218 May 14, 2018 Cask Big data, Hadoop  United States — Google Cloud Platform [286]
219 August 6, 2018 GraphicsFuzz GPU reliability  United Kingdom — Android [287][288]
220 September 19, 2018 Senosis Health monitoring  United States — Nest Labs [289]
221 October 2, 2018 Onward Machine learning, natural language processing  United States — [290][291]
222 November 28, 2018 Workbench Education Education technology  United States — Google Classroom [292]
223 December 10, 2018 Sigmoid Labs Indian Railways train tracking app Where Is My Train  India $40,000,000 Google Maps [293][294]
224 December 20, 2018 DevOps Research and Assessment Research and assessment  United States — Google Cloud Platform [295]
225 January 3, 2019 Superpod Question and answer app  United States $60,000,000 Google Assistant [296][297]
226 February 19, 2019 Alooma Big data, cloud migration  Israel $150,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [298][299][300]
227 March 31, 2019 Nightcorn Video sharing  Germany — YouTube [301]
228 June 6, 2019 Looker Big data, analytics  United States $2,600,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [302]
229 July 9, 2019 Elastifile File storage  United States — Google Cloud Platform [303]
230 October 16, 2019 Socratic Learning apps  United States — Google Classroom [304]
231 November 18, 2019 CloudSimple Cloud hosting  United States — Google Cloud Platform [305]
232 December 19, 2019 Typhoon Studios Video game development  Canada — Stadia [306]
233 January 14, 2020 AppSheet Mobile app development  United States — Google Cloud Platform [307]
234 January 14, 2020 Pointy Local retail inventory feeds  Ireland $163,000,000 Google Maps [308]
235 February 19, 2020 Cornerstone Technology B.V. Mainframe, cloud migration  Netherlands — Google Cloud Platform [309]
236 June 30, 2020 North Smart glasses  Canada $180,000,000 [310][311]
237 August 25, 2020 Stratozone Cloud assessment  United States — Google Cloud Platform [312]
238 December 8, 2020 Dataform Big data, analytics  United Kingdom — Google Cloud Platform [313][314]
239 December 11, 2020 Neverware ChromiumOS distribution  United States — ChromeOS Flex [315][316][317]
240 December 14, 2020 Actifio Backup, disaster recovery  United States — Google Cloud Platform [318]
241 January 14, 2021 Fitbit Wearables  United States $2,100,000,000 Wear OS [319][320]
242 February 2021 Provino Cloud hardware  United States — Tensor processing unit [321]
243 April 5, 2021 Dysonics Audio hardware  United States — Pixel Buds [322]
243 July 21, 2021 Simsim E-commerce  India $100,000,000 YouTube [323]
244 September 3, 2021 Playspace Collaboration tool  United States — Google Workspace [324]
245 October 18, 2021 MuJoCo Robotics simulator  United States — Google DeepMind [325]
246 January 4, 2022 Siemplify Cybersecurity  Israel $500,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [326][327]
247 March 8, 2022 Mandiant Cybersecurity  United States $5,400,000,000 Google Cloud Platform [328]
248 March 16, 2022 Raxium AR hardware  United States $1,000,000,000 [329][330]
249 April 22, 2022 Vicarious Artificial intelligence, robotics software  United States — Intrinsic [331]
250 April 29, 2022 MobiledgeX Mobile edge computing  United States — Google Cloud Platform [332]
251 May 13, 2022 Foreseeti Cybersecurity software  Sweden — Google Cloud Platform [333]
252 August 2022 Alter Artificial intelligence  United States
 Czech Republic 		$100,000,000 [334]
253 September 20, 2022 BreezoMeter Air quality monitoring  Israel — Google Maps [335]
254 October 11, 2022 BrightBytes Data and analytics  United States — Google for Education [336]
255 October 26, 2022 Sound Life Sciences Health monitoring  United States — [337][338]
256 December 15, 2022 Open Source Robotics Corporation Robotics software  United States — Intrinsic [339]
257 June 2, 2023 Photomath Artificial intelligence  Croatia — Bard [340][341]
258 June 5, 2024 Cameyo Virtual app delivery  United States — ChromeOS [342]

Divestitures

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On December 10, 2012, Google sold the manufacturing operations of Motorola Mobility to Flextronics for $75 million.[343] As a part of the agreement, Flextronics will manufacture undisclosed Android and other mobile devices.[344] On December 19, 2012, Google sold the Motorola Home business division of Motorola Mobility to Arris Group for $2.35 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction. As a part of this deal, Google acquired a 15.7% stake in Arris Group valued at $300 million.[345][346]

On January 29, 2014, Google announced that it would divest Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion, a fraction of the original $12.5 billion price paid by Google to acquire the company. Google retained all but 2000 of Motorola's patents and entered into cross-licensing deals.[347]

In 2017, Google sold off its satellite business, Terra Bella, to Planet Labs for an undisclosed price and entered into a multi-year agreement to license Earth imagery from the company.[348]

See also

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References

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