List Of Mergers And Acquisitions By Alphabet
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. 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 business units: Frommers, which was sold back to Arthur Frommer in April 2012; SketchUp, which was sold to Trimble in April 2012, Boston Dynamics in early 2016 and Google Radio Automation, which was sold to WideOrbit in 2009.
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?
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.
Key acquisitions
In October 2006, Google announced that it had acquired the video-sharing site YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock, and the deal was finalized on November 13, 2006.
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. The deal was approved despite anti-trust concerns raised by competitors Microsoft and AT&T.
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 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, mainly Apple and Microsoft, and to allow it to continue to freely offer Android. The merger was completed on May 22, 2012, after the approval of China.
In June 2013, Google acquired Waze, a $966 million deal. 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.
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. 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. The purchase of DeepMind aids in Google's recent growth in the artificial intelligence and robotics community.
List of mergers and acquisitions
| Number | Acquisition date | Company | Business | Country | Price (USD) | Used as or integrated with | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 12, 2001 | DejaNews | Usenet |  United States
|
— | Google Groups | |
| 2 | September 20, 2001 | Outride | Web search engine | United States
|
— | Google Personalized Search | |
| 3 | February 2003 | Pyra Labs | Weblog software | United States
|
— | Blogger | |
| 4 | April 2003 | Neotonic Software | Customer relationship management | United States
|
— | Google Groups, Gmail | |
| 5 | April 2003 | Applied Semantics | Online advertising | United States
|
$102,000,000 | AdSense, AdWords | |
| 6 | September 30, 2003 | Kaltix | Web search engine | United States
|
— | Google Personalized Search | |
| 7 | October 2003 | Sprinks | Online advertising | United States
|
— | AdSense, AdWords | |
| 8 | October 2003 | Genius Labs | Blogging | United States
|
— | Blogger | |
| 9 | May 10, 2004 | Ignite Logic | HTML editor | United States
|
— | Google Sites | |
| 10 | July 13, 2004 | Picasa | Image organizer | United States
|
— | Picasa, Blogger | |
| 11 | September 2004 | ZipDash | Traffic analysis | United States
|
— | Google Maps | |
| 12 | October 2004 | Where2 | Map analysis |  Australia
|
— | Google Maps | |
| 13 | October 27, 2004 | Keyhole | Map analysis | United States
|
— | Google Maps, Google Earth | |
| 14 | March 28, 2005 | Urchin Software Corporation | Web analytics | United States
|
— | Google Analytics | |
| 15 | May 12, 2005 | Dodgeball | Social networking service | United States
|
— | Google Latitude | |
| 16 | July 19, 2005 | Akwan Information Technologies | Search engines |  Brazil
|
— | Internet backbone | |
| 17 | July 2005 | Reqwireless | Mobile browser |  Canada
|
— | Google Mobile | |
| 18 | August 17, 2005 | Android | Mobile operating system | United States
|
$50,000,000 | Android | |
| 19 | November 2005 | Skia | Graphics library | United States
|
— | Skia | |
| 20 | December 27, 2005 | Phatbits | Widget engine | United States
|
— | Google Desktop | |
| 21 | December 31, 2005 | allPAY | Mobile software |  Germany
|
— | Google Mobile | |
| 22 | December 31, 2005 | bruNET | Mobile software | Germany
|
— | Google Mobile | |
| 23 | January 17, 2006 | dMarc Broadcasting | Advertising | United States
|
$102,000,000 | AdSense | |
| 24 | February 14, 2006 | Measure Map | Weblog software | United States
|
— | Google Analytics | |
| 25 | March 9, 2006 | Upstartle | Word processor | United States
|
— | Google Docs | |
| 26 | March 14, 2006 | @Last Software | 3D modeling software | United States
|
— | Google Sketchup | |
| 27 | April 9, 2006 | Orion | Web search engine | Australia
|
— | Google Search | |
| 28 | June 1, 2006 | 2Web Technologies | Online spreadsheets | United States
|
— | Google Spreadsheet | |
| 29 | August 15, 2006 | Neven Vision Germany | Computer vision | Germany
|
— | Picasa, Google Goggles | |
| 30 | October 9, 2006 | YouTube | Video sharing | United States
|
$1,650,000,000 | YouTube | |
| 31 | October 31, 2006 | JotSpot | Web application | United States
|
— | Google Sites | |
| 32 | December 18, 2006 | Endoxon | Mapping |  Switzerland
|
$28,000,000 | Google Maps | |
| 33 | February 16, 2007 | Adscape | In-game advertising | United States
|
$23,000,000 | AdSense | |
| 34 | March 16, 2007 | Trendalyzer | Statistical software |  Sweden
|
— | Google Analytics | |
| 35 | May 28, 2007 | Crusix | Social networking service | United States
|
— | YouTube | — |
| 36 | April 17, 2007 | Tonic Systems | Presentation program | United States
|
— | Google Docs | |
| 37 | April 19, 2007 | Marratech | Videoconferencing | Sweden
|
$15,000,000 | Google Talk, Google Hangouts | |
| 38 | April 13, 2007 | DoubleClick | Online advertising | United States
|
$3,100,000,000 | AdSense | |
| 39 | May 11, 2007 | GreenBorder | Computer security | United States
|
— | Google Chrome | |
| 40 | June 1, 2007 | Panoramio | Photo sharing |  Spain
|
— | Panoramio | |
| 41 | June 3, 2007 | FeedBurner | Web feed | United States
|
$100,000,000 | FeedBurner | |
| 42 | June 5, 2007 | PeakStream | Parallel processing | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 43 | June 19, 2007 | Zenter | Presentation program | United States
|
— | Google Docs | |
| 44 | July 2, 2007 | GrandCentral | Voice over IP | United States
|
$45,000,000 | Google Voice | |
| 45 | July 20, 2007 | ImageAmerica | Aerial photography | United States
|
— | Google Maps | |
| 46 | July 9, 2007 | Postini | Communications security | United States
|
$625,000,000 | Gmail | |
| 47 | September 27, 2007 | Zingku | Social networking service | United States
|
— | Google Mobile | |
| 48 | October 9, 2007 | Jaiku | Microblogging |  Finland
|
— | Google Mobile | |
| 49 | July 30, 2008 | Omnisio | Online video | United States
|
$15,000,000 | YouTube | |
| 50 | September 12, 2008 | TNC | Weblog software |  South Korea
|
— | Blogger | |
| 51 | August 5, 2009 | On2 | Video compression | United States
|
$133,000,000 | WebM, YouTube | |
| 52 | September 16, 2009 | reCAPTCHA | Security | United States
|
— | Google Books, reCAPTCHA | |
| 53 | November 9, 2009 | AdMob | Mobile advertising | United States
|
— | DoubleClick, Invite Media | |
| 54 | November 9, 2009 | Gizmo5 | Voice over IP | United States
|
$30,000,000 | Google Talk, Google Hangouts | |
| 55 | November 23, 2009 | Teracent | Online advertising | United States
|
— | AdSense | |
| 56 | December 4, 2009 | AppJet | Collaborative real-time editor | United States
|
— | Google Wave, Google Docs | |
| 57 | February 12, 2010 | Aardvark | Social search | United States
|
$50,000,000 | Aardvark | |
| 58 | February 17, 2010 | reMail | Email search | United States
|
— | Gmail | |
| 59 | March 1, 2010 | Picnik | Photo editing | United States
|
— | Picasa | |
| 60 | March 5, 2010 | DocVerse | Microsoft Office files sharing site | United States
|
$25,000,000 | Google Docs | |
| 61 | April 2, 2010 | Episodic | Online video platform start-up | United States
|
— | YouTube | |
| 62 | April 12, 2010 | Plink | Visual search engine |  Ireland
|
— | Google Goggles | |
| 63 | April 20, 2010 | Agnilux | Server CPUs | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 64 | April 27, 2010 | LabPixies | Gadgets |  Israel
|
— | iGoogle, Android | |
| 65 | April 30, 2010 | BumpTop | Desktop environment | Canada
|
$30,000,000 | Android | |
| 66 | May 18, 2010 | Global IP Solutions | Video and audio compression | United States
|
$68,200,000 | WebRTC | |
| 67 | May 20, 2010 | Simplify Media | Music streaming | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 68 | May 21, 2010 | Ruba.com | Travel | United States
|
— | iGoogle | |
| 69 | June 3, 2010 | Invite Media | Advertising | United States
|
$81,000,000 | DoubleClick | |
| 70 | July 16, 2010 | Metaweb | Semantic search | United States
|
— | Google Search | |
| 71 | August 2010 | Zetawire | Mobile payment, NFC | Canada
|
— | Android, Google Wallet, Google Checkout | |
| 72 | August 4, 2010 | Instantiations | Java/Eclipse/AJAX developer tools | United States
|
— | Google Web Toolkit | |
| 73 | August 5, 2010 | Slide.com | Social gaming | United States
|
$228,000,000 | Google+, Orkut, Google Play | |
| 74 | August 10, 2010 | Jambool | Social Gold payment | United States
|
$70,000,000 | Google+, Orkut | |
| 75 | August 15, 2010 | Like.com | Visual search engine | United States
|
$100,000,000 | Google Shopping | |
| 76 | August 30, 2010 | Angstro | Social networking service | United States
|
— | Google, Google Alert | |
| 77 | August 30, 2010 | SocialDeck | Social gaming | Canada
|
— | Google, Google+ | |
| 78 | September 13, 2010 | Quiksee | Online video | Israel
|
$10,000,000 | Google Maps | |
| 79 | September 28, 2010 | Plannr | Schedule management | United States
|
— | Google+ | |
| 80 | October 1, 2010 | BlindType | Touch typing |  Greece
|
— | Android | |
| 81 | December 3, 2010 | Phonetic Arts | Speech synthesis |  United Kingdom
|
— | Google Voice, Google Translate | |
| 82 | December 3, 2010 | Widevine Technologies | DRM | United States
|
— | Google TV | |
| 83 | January 13, 2011 | eBook Technologies | E-book | United States
|
— | Google Books | |
| 84 | January 25, 2011 | SayNow | Voice recognition | United States
|
— | Google Voice | |
| 85 | March 1, 2011 | Zynamics | Security | Germany
|
— | Project Zero | |
| 86 | March 7, 2011 | BeatThatQuote.com | Price comparison service | United Kingdom
|
$65,000,000 | Google Shopping | |
| 87 | March 7, 2011 | Next New Networks | Online video | United States
|
— | YouTube | |
| 88 | March 16, 2011 | Green Parrot Pictures | Digital video | Ireland
|
— | YouTube | |
| 89 | April 8, 2011 | PushLife | Service provider | Canada
|
$25,000,000 | Google Play | |
| 90 | April 12, 2011 | ITA Software | Travel technology | United States
|
$676,000,000 | Google Flights | |
| 91 | April 26, 2011 | TalkBin | Mobile software | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 92 | May 23, 2011 | Sparkbuy | Product search | United States
|
— | Google Shopping | |
| 93 | June 3, 2011 | PostRank | Social media analytics service | Canada
|
— | Google+ Google Analytics | |
| 94 | June 9, 2011 | Admeld | Online advertising | United States
|
$400,000,000 | DoubleClick, Invite Media | |
| 95 | June 18, 2011 | SageTV | Media center | United States
|
— | Google TV, Google Fiber, Android TV | |
| 96 | July 8, 2011 | Punchd | Loyalty program | United States
|
— | Google Offers | |
| 97 | July 21, 2011 | Fridge | Social groups | United States
|
— | Google+ | |
| 98 | July 23, 2011 | PittPatt | Facial recognition system | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 99 | August 1, 2011 | Dealmap | One deal a day service | United States
|
— | Google Offers | |
| 100 | August 15, 2011 | Motorola Mobility | Mobile device manufacturer | United States
|
$12,500,000,000 | Android, Google TV, Android TV, Patent portfolio | |
| 101 | September 7, 2011 | Zave Networks | Digital coupons | United States
|
— | Google Offers | |
| 102 | September 8, 2011 | Zagat | Restaurant reviews | United States
|
$151,000,000 | Google Places, Google Maps | |
| 103 | September 19, 2011 | DailyDeal | One deal a day service | Germany
|
$114,000,000 | Google Offers | |
| 104 | October 11, 2011 | SocialGrapple | Social media analytics service | Canada
|
— | Google+ Google Analytics | |
| 105 | November 10, 2011 | Apture | Instantaneous search | United States
|
— | Google Search | |
| 106 | November 14, 2011 | Katango | Social circle organization | United States
|
— | Google+ | |
| 107 | December 9, 2011 | RightsFlow | Music rights management | United States
|
— | YouTube | |
| 108 | December 13, 2011 | Clever Sense | Local recommendations app | United States
|
— | Google Maps | |
| 109 | March 16, 2012 | Milk | Software company | United States
|
— | Google+ | |
| 110 | April 2, 2012 | TxVia | Online payments | United States
|
— | Google Wallet, Google Checkout | |
| 111 | June 4, 2012 | Meebo | Social networking | United States
|
$100,000,000 | Google+ | |
| 112 | June 5, 2012 | Quickoffice | Mobile office suite | United States
|
— | Google Docs | |
| 113 | July 20, 2012 | Sparrow | Mobile apps |  France
|
$25,000,000 | Gmail | |
| 114 | 2012 | WIMM Labs | Android-powered smartwatches | United States
|
— | Android Wear | |
| 115 | August 1, 2012 | Wildfire Interactive | Social media marketing | United States
|
$450,000,000 | Google, Google+ | |
| 116 | September 7, 2012 | VirusTotal.com | Security | Spain
|
— | Chronicle | |
| 117 | September 17, 2012 | Nik Software | Photography | United States
|
— | Google, Android | |
| 118 | October 1, 2012 | Viewdle | Facial recognition |  Ukraine
|
$45,000,000 | Android | |
| 119 | November 28, 2012 | Incentive Targeting | Digital coupons | United States
|
— | Google Offers | |
| 120 | November 30, 2012 | BufferBox | Package delivery | Canada
|
$17,000,000 | Google Shopping, Android | |
| 121 | February 6, 2013 | Channel Intelligence | Product ecommerce | United States
|
$125,000,000 | Google Shopping | |
| 122 | March 12, 2013 | DNNresearch | Deep Neural Networks | Canada
|
$44,000,000 | Google, X | |
| 123 | March 15, 2013 | Talaria Technologies | Cloud computing | United States
|
— | Google Cloud | |
| 124 | April 12, 2013 | Behavio | Social prediction | United States
|
— | Google Now | |
| 125 | April 23, 2013 | Wavii | Natural language processing | United States
|
$30,000,000 | Google Knowledge Graph | |
| 126 | May 23, 2013 | Makani Power | Airborne wind turbines | United States
|
— | X | |
| 127 | June 11, 2013 | Waze | GPS navigation software | Israel
|
$966,000,000 | Google Maps, Waze | |
| 128 | September 16, 2013 | Bump | Mobile software | United States
|
— | Google Photos | |
| 129 | October 2, 2013 | Flutter | Gesture recognition technology | United States
|
$40,000,000 | Google, Android, X | |
| 130 | October 22, 2013 | FlexyCore | DroidBooster app for Android | France
|
$23,000,000 | Android | |
| 131 | December 2, 2013 | Schaft | Robotics, humanoid robots |  Japan
|
— | X | |
| 132 | December 3, 2013 | Industrial Perception | Robotic arms, computer vision | United States
|
— | X | |
| 133 | December 4, 2013 | Redwood Robotics | Robotic arms | United States
|
— | X | |
| 134 | December 5, 2013 | Meka Robotics | Robots | United States
|
— | X | |
| 135 | December 6, 2013 | Holomni | Robotic wheels | United States
|
— | X | |
| 136 | December 7, 2013 | Bot & Dolly | Robotic cameras | United States
|
— | X | |
| 137 | December 8, 2013 | Autofuss | Ads and design | United States
|
— | X | |
| 138 | December 10, 2013 | Boston Dynamics | Robotics | United States
|
— | X | |
| 138 | January 4, 2014 | Bitspin | Timely app for Android | Switzerland
|
— | Android | |
| 139 | January 13, 2014 | Nest Labs | Home automation | United States
|
$3,200,000,000 | Nest Labs | |
| 140 | January 15, 2014 | Impermium | Internet security | United States
|
— | Project Zero | |
| 141 | January 26, 2014 | DeepMind Technologies | Artificial intelligence | United Kingdom
|
$625,000,000 | Google DeepMind | |
| 142 | February 16, 2014 | SlickLogin | Internet Security | Israel
|
— | Project Zero | |
| 143 | February 21, 2014 | spider.io | Anti-click fraud | United Kingdom
|
— | DoubleClick, AdSense | |
| 144 | March 12, 2014 | GreenThrottle | Gadgets | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 145 | April 14, 2014 | Titan Aerospace | High-altitude UAVs | United States
|
— | Project Loon | |
| 146 | May 2, 2014 | Rangespan | E-commerce | United Kingdom
|
— | Google Shopping | |
| 147 | May 6, 2014 | Adometry | Online advertising attribution | United States
|
— | Google Analytics AdSense | |
| 148 | May 7, 2014 | Appetas | Restaurant website creation | United States
|
— | Google My Business | |
| 149 | May 7, 2014 | Stackdriver | Cloud computing | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 150 | May 7, 2014 | MyEnergy | Online energy usage monitoring | United States
|
— | Nest Labs | |
| 151 | May 16, 2014 | Quest Visual | Augmented reality | United States
|
— | Google Translate | |
| 152 | May 19, 2014 | Divide | Mobile device management | United States
|
— | Android for Work | |
| 153 | June 10, 2014 | Skybox Imaging | Satellite | United States
|
$500,000,000 | Google Maps, Project Loon | |
| 154 | June 19, 2014 | mDialog | Online advertising | Canada
|
— | DoubleClick | |
| 155 | June 19, 2014 | Alpental Technologies | Wireless | United States
|
— | ||
| 156 | June 20, 2014 | Dropcam | Home monitoring | United States
|
$555,000,000 | Nest Labs | |
| 157 | June 25, 2014 | Appurify | Automated application testing | United States
|
$95,000,000 | Android | |
| 158 | July 1, 2014 | Songza | Music streaming | United States
|
— | Google Play, Android TV | |
| 159 | July 23, 2014 | drawElements | Graphics compatibility testing | Finland
|
— | Android | |
| 160 | August 6, 2014 | Emu | IM client | United States
|
— | Google Hangouts, Google Now | |
| 161 | August 6, 2014 | Directr | Mobile video | United States
|
— | YouTube | |
| 162 | August 17, 2014 | Jetpac | Artificial intelligence, image recognition | United States
|
— | Picasa | |
| 163 | August 23, 2014 | Gecko Design | Mechanical design | United States
|
— | X | |
| 164 | August 26, 2014 | Zync Render | Cloud-based visual effects software | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 165 | September 10, 2014 | Lift Labs | Liftware | United States
|
— | Verily | |
| 166 | September 11, 2014 | Polar | Social polling | United States
|
— | Google+ | |
| 167 | October 21, 2014 | Firebase | Application development platform | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 168 | October 23, 2014 | Dark Blue Labs & Vision Factory | Artificial intelligence | United Kingdom
|
$10,000,000 | Google DeepMind | |
| 169 | October 24, 2014 | Revolv | Home automation | United States
|
— | Nest Labs | |
| 170 | November 19, 2014 | RelativeWave | Mobile software prototyping | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 171 | December 17, 2014 | Vidmaker | Video editing | United States
|
— | YouTube | |
| 172 | February 4, 2015 | Launchpad Toys | Child-friendly apps | United States
|
— | YouTube for Kids | |
| 173 | February 8, 2015 | Odysee | Multimedia sharing and storage | United States
|
— | Google+ | |
| 174 | February 23, 2015 | Softcard | Mobile payments | United States
|
— | Android Pay | |
| 175 | February 24, 2015 | Red Hot Labs | App advertising and discovery | United States
|
— | Google Play | |
| 176 | April 16, 2015 | Thrive Audio | Surround sound technology | Ireland
|
— | Google Cardboard | |
| 177 | April 16, 2015 | Skillman & Hackett | Virtual reality software | United States
|
— | Tilt Brush | |
| 178 | May 4, 2015 | Timeful | Mobile software | United States
|
— | Google Inbox, Google Calendar | |
| 179 | May 28, 2015 | Pulse.io | Mobile app optimizer | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 180 | July 21, 2015 | Pixate | Mobile software prototyping | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 181 | September 21, 2015 | Oyster | E-book subscriptions | United States
|
— | Google Play Books | |
| 182 | September 30, 2015 | Jibe Mobile | Rich Communication Services | United States
|
— | Messages | |
| 183 | June 18, 2015 | Agawi | Mobile application streaming | United States
|
— | Android, Google Play | |
| 184 | October 17, 2015 | Digisfera | 360-degree photography |  Portugal
|
— | Street View | |
| 185 | November 11, 2015 | Fly Labs | Video editing | United States
|
— | Google Photos | |
| 186 | November 11, 2015 | bebop | Cloud software | United States
|
$380,000,000 | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 187 | February 12, 2016 | BandPage | Platform for musicians | United States
|
— | YouTube | |
| 188 | February 18, 2016 | Pie | Enterprise communications |  Singapore
|
— | Spaces | |
| 189 | May 2, 2016 | Synergyse | Interactive learning platform | Canada
|
— | Google Docs | |
| 190 | June 22, 2016 | Webpass | Internet service provider | United States
|
— | Google Fiber | |
| 191 | July 6, 2016 | Moodstocks | Image recognition | France
|
— | Google Photos | |
| 192 | July 8, 2016 | Anvato | Cloud-based video services | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 193 | July 12, 2016 | Kifi | Link management | United States
|
— | Spaces | |
| 194 | July 27, 2016 | LaunchKit | Mobile developer tools | United States
|
— | Firebase | |
| 195 | August 8, 2016 | Orbitera | Cloud software | United States
|
$100,000,000 | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 196 | September 8, 2016 | Apigee | API management and predictive analytics | United States
|
$625,000,000 | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 197 | September 15, 2016 | Urban Engines | Location-based analytics | United States
|
— | Google Maps | |
| 198 | September 19, 2016 | API.AI | Natural language processing | United States
|
— | Google Assistant | |
| 199 | October 11, 2016 | FameBit | Branded content | United States
|
— | YouTube | |
| 200 | October 24, 2016 | Eyefluence | Eye tracking, virtual reality | United States
|
— | ||
| 201 | November 5, 2016 | LeapDroid | Android emulator | United States
|
— | Android | |
| 202 | November 21, 2016 | Qwiklabs | Cloud-based hands-on training platform | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 203 | December 13, 2016 | Cronologics | Smartwatches | United States
|
— | Android Wear | |
| 204 | January 5, 2017 | Limes Audio | Voice communication | Sweden
|
— | Google Duo, Google Hangouts | |
| 205 | January 19, 2017 | Fabric | Mobile app platform | United States
|
— | Firebase | |
| 206 | March 8, 2017 | Kaggle | Data science | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 207 | March 9, 2017 | AppBridge | Productivity suite | United States
|
— | Google Docs | |
| 208 | May 10, 2017 | Owlchemy Labs | Virtual reality studio | United States
|
— | ||
| 209 | July 12, 2017 | Halli Labs | Artificial intelligence |  India
|
— | ||
| 210 | August 16, 2017 | AIMatter | Computer vision |  Belarus
|
— | YouTube | |
| 211 | September 21, 2017 | HTC (portions) | Talent and intellectual property licenses |  Taiwan
|
$1,100,000,000 | Google Pixel | |
| 212 | September 26, 2017 | Bitium | Single sign-on and identity management | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 213 | October 9, 2017 | Relay Media | AMP converter | United States
|
— | Accelerated Mobile Pages | |
| 214 | October 11, 2017 | 60db | Podcasts | United States
|
— | Google Play Music, Google Podcasts | |
| 215 | January 11, 2018 | Redux | Audio | United Kingdom
|
— | ||
| 216 | March 27, 2018 | Tenor | GIF image search | United States
|
— | Google Images, Gboard | |
| 217 | May 9, 2018 | Velostrata | Cloud migration | Israel
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 218 | May 14, 2018 | Cask | Big data, Hadoop | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 219 | August 6, 2018 | GraphicsFuzz | GPU reliability | United Kingdom
|
— | Android | |
| 220 | September 19, 2018 | Senosis | Health monitoring | United States
|
— | Nest Labs | |
| 221 | October 2, 2018 | Onward | Machine learning, natural language processing | United States
|
— | ||
| 222 | November 28, 2018 | Workbench Education | Education technology | United States
|
— | Google Classroom | |
| 223 | December 10, 2018 | Sigmoid Labs | Indian Railways train tracking app Where is my Train | India
|
$40,000,000 | Google Maps | |
| 224 | December 20, 2018 | DevOps Research and Assessment | Research and assessment | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 225 | January 3, 2019 | Superpod | Question and answer app | United States
|
$60,000,000 | Google Assistant | |
| 226 | February 19, 2019 | Alooma | Big data, cloud migration | Israel
|
$150,000,000 | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 227 | March 31, 2019 | Nightcorn | Video sharing | Germany
|
— | YouTube | |
| 228 | June 6, 2019 | Looker | Big data, analytics | United States
|
$2,600,000,000 | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 229 | July 9, 2019 | Elastifile | File storage | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 230 | October 16, 2019 | Socratic | Learning apps | United States
|
— | Google Classroom | |
| 231 | November 18, 2019 | CloudSimple | Cloud hosting | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 232 | December 19, 2019 | Typhoon Studios | Video game development | Canada
|
— | Stadia | |
| 233 | January 14, 2020 | AppSheet | Mobile app development | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 234 | January 14, 2020 | Pointy | Local retail inventory feeds | Ireland
|
$163,000,000 | Google Maps | |
| 235 | February 19, 2020 | Cornerstone Technology B.V. | Mainframe, cloud migration |  Netherlands
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 236 | June 30, 2020 | North | Smart glasses | Canada
|
$180,000,000 | ||
| 237 | August 25, 2020 | Stratozone | Cloud assessment | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 238 | December 8, 2020 | Dataform | Big data, analytics | United Kingdom
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 239 | December 11, 2020 | Neverware | ChromiumOS distribution | United States
|
— | ChromeOS Flex | |
| 240 | December 14, 2020 | Actifio | Backup, disaster recovery | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 241 | January 14, 2021 | Fitbit | Wearables | United States
|
$2,100,000,000 | Wear OS | |
| 242 | February 2021 | Provino | Cloud hardware | United States
|
— | Tensor processing unit | |
| 243 | April 5, 2021 | Dysonics | Audio hardware | United States
|
— | Pixel Buds | |
| 243 | July 21, 2021 | Simsim | E-commerce | India
|
$100,000,000 | YouTube | |
| 244 | September 3, 2021 | Playspace | Collaboration tool | United States
|
— | Google Workspace | |
| 245 | October 18, 2021 | MuJoCo | Robotics simulator | United States
|
— | Google DeepMind | |
| 246 | January 4, 2022 | Siemplify | Cybersecurity | Israel
|
$500,000,000 | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 247 | March 8, 2022 | Mandiant | Cybersecurity | United States
|
$5,400,000,000 | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 248 | March 16, 2022 | Raxium | AR hardware | United States
|
$1,000,000,000 | ||
| 249 | April 22, 2022 | Vicarious | Artificial intelligence, robotics software | United States
|
— | Intrinsic | |
| 250 | April 29, 2022 | MobiledgeX | Mobile edge computing | United States
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 251 | May 13, 2022 | Forseeti | Cybersecurity software | Sweden
|
— | Google Cloud Platform | |
| 252 | August 2022 | Alter | Artificial intelligence | United States Czech Republic
|
$100,000,000 | ||
| 253 | September 20, 2022 | BreezoMeter | Air quality monitoring | Israel
|
— | Google Maps | |
| 254 | October 11, 2022 | BrightBytes | Data and analytics | United States
|
— | Google for Education | |
| 255 | October 26, 2022 | Sound Life Sciences | Health monitoring | United States
|
— | ||
| 256 | December 15, 2022 | Open Source Robotics Corporation | Robotics software | United States
|
— | Intrinsic | |
| 257 | June 2, 2023 | Photomath | Artificial intelligence |  Croatia
|
— | Bard | |
| 258 | June 5, 2024 | Cameyo | Virtual app delivery | United States
|
— | ChromeOS |
Divestitures
On December 10, 2012, Google sold the manufacturing operations of Motorola Mobility to Flextronics for $75 million. As a part of the agreement, Flextronics will manufacture undisclosed Android and other mobile devices. 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.
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.
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.
See also
- CapitalG, Alphabet's growth capital investment fund
- GV, Alphabet's venture capital firm
- List of largest mergers and acquisitions
- Lists of corporate acquisitions and mergers