Google has significantly expanded its influence across multiple industries through strategic acquisitions and investments. By acquiring companies in sectors such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and hardware, Google has enhanced its capabilities and broadened its market reach. Through these acquisitions, Google continues to innovate, shaping the future of technology and offering cutting-edge solutions to meet the evolving needs of businesses and consumers alike.
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Notable Acquisitions of Google
- Cameyo (June 5, 2024) – Enhances Google’s cloud services.
- Equalum (December 19, 2023) – Focuses on data integration and analytics.
- Photomath (February 27, 2023) – AI-driven math problem-solving app.
- Alter (October 28, 2022) – Augmented reality, acquired for $100 million.
- Sound Life Sciences (October 26, 2022) – AI health monitoring.
- Raxium (March 17, 2022) – MicroLED technology, acquired for $1 billion.
- Mandiant (March 8, 2022) – Cybersecurity, acquired for $5.4 billion.
- Siemplify (January 4, 2022) – Security orchestration, acquired for $500 million.
List of Google Acquisitions
| S.No. | Acquiree Name | Announced Date | Price |
| 1 | Cameyo | Jun 5, 2024 | — |
| 2 | Equalum | Dec 19, 2023 | — |
| 3 | Photomath | Feb 27, 2023 | — |
| 4 | Alter | Oct 28, 2022 | $100M |
| 5 | Sound Life Sciences | Oct 26, 2022 | — |
| 6 | BrightBytes | Oct 11, 2022 | — |
| 7 | Phiar Technologies | Sep 20, 2022 | — |
| 8 | BreezoMeter | Sep 20, 2022 | — |
| 9 | Raxium | Mar 17, 2022 | $1B |
| 10 | Mandiant | Mar 8, 2022 | $5.4B |
| 11 | Siemplify | Jan 4, 2022 | $500M |
| 12 | Tempow | Nov 17, 2021 | — |
| 13 | CompilerWorks | Oct 01, 2021 | — |
| 14 | Provino Technologies | May 7, 2021 | — |
| 15 | Dysonics | Apr 5, 2021 | — |
| 16 | Neverware | Dec 15, 2020 | — |
| 17 | North | Jun 29, 2020 | $180M |
| 18 | AppSheet | Jan 15, 2020 | — |
| 19 | Pointy | Jan 14, 2020 | $163M |
| 20 | Typhoon Studios | Dec 12, 2019 | — |
| 21 | Fitbit | Nov 1, 2019 | $2.1B |
| 22 | Socratic | Aug 17, 2019 | — |
| 23 | Elastifile | Jul 9, 2019 | — |
| 24 | Looker | Jun 6, 2019 | $2.6B |
| 25 | Alooma | Feb 19, 2019 | — |
| 26 | DevOps Research and Assessment | Dec 20, 2018 | — |
| 27 | Where Is My Train | Dec 10, 2018 | — |
| 28 | Workbench Platform | Nov 28, 2018 | — |
| 29 | Onward | Oct 2, 2018 | — |
| 30 | GraphicsFuzz | Aug 6, 2018 | — |
| 31 | Cask | May 15, 2018 | — |
| 32 | Velostrata | May 9, 2018 | — |
| 33 | Tenor | Mar 27, 2018 | — |
| 34 | Banter | Mar 10, 2018 | — |
| 35 | Xively | Feb 15, 2018 | $50M |
| 36 | 60dB | Oct 11, 2017 | — |
| 37 | Relay Media | Oct 9, 2017 | — |
| 38 | HTC – Pixel Phone Division | Sep 21, 2017 | $1.1B |
| 39 | AIMatter | Aug 16, 2017 | — |
| 40 | Senosis Health | Aug 14, 2017 | — |
| 41 | Redux ST | Aug 6, 2017 | — |
| 42 | Halli Labs | Jul 12, 2017 | — |
| 43 | Owlchemy Labs | May 10, 2017 | — |
| 44 | AppBridge | Mar 9, 2017 | — |
| 45 | Kaggle | Mar 7, 2017 | — |
| 46 | Fastlane | Jan 18, 2017 | — |
| 47 | Crashlytics | Jan 18, 2017 | — |
| 48 | Limes Audio | Jan 6, 2017 | — |
| 49 | Cronologics Corporation | Dec 12, 2016 | — |
| 50 | Qwiklabs | Nov 21, 2016 | — |
| 51 | LeapDroid | Nov 7, 2016 | — |
| 52 | Eyefluence | Oct 24, 2016 | — |
| 53 | FameBit | Oct 11, 2016 | — |
| 54 | Undecidable Labs | Oct 01, 2016 | — |
| 55 | Dialogflow | Sep 19, 2016 | — |
| 56 | Urban Engines | Sep 15, 2016 | — |
| 57 | Apigee | Sep 8, 2016 | $625M |
| 58 | Orbitera | Aug 8, 2016 | — |
| 59 | LaunchKit | Jul 27, 2016 | — |
| 60 | Kifi | Jul 12, 2016 | — |
| 61 | Anvato | Jul 7, 2016 | — |
| 62 | Moodstocks | Jul 6, 2016 | — |
| 63 | Webpass | Jun 22, 2016 | — |
| 64 | Synergyse | May 1, 2016 | — |
| 65 | Pie | Feb 18, 2016 | — |
| 66 | Bebop | Nov 19, 2015 | $380.2M |
| 67 | Fly Labs | Nov 6, 2015 | — |
| 68 | Digisfera | Oct 17, 2015 | — |
| 69 | Divshot | Oct 13, 2015 | — |
| 70 | Jibe Mobile | Sep 30, 2015 | — |
| 71 | Oyster | Sep 21, 2015 | $30M |
| 72 | Pixate | Jul 21, 2015 | — |
| 73 | Agawi Inc | Jun 18, 2015 | — |
| 74 | Pulseio | May 28, 2015 | — |
| 75 | Timeful | May 4, 2015 | — |
| 76 | Skillman & Hackett | Apr 16, 2015 | — |
| 77 | Thrive Audio | Apr 16, 2015 | — |
| 78 | Softcard | Mar 4, 2015 | — |
| 79 | Apportable | Mar 1, 2015 | — |
| 80 | Toro | Feb 24, 2015 | — |
| 81 | Odysee | Feb 8, 2015 | — |
| 82 | Launchpad Toys | Feb 3, 2015 | — |
| 83 | Granata Decision Systems | Jan 23, 2015 | — |
| 84 | RelativeWave | Nov 18, 2014 | — |
| 85 | Vision Factory | Oct 23, 2014 | — |
| 86 | Dark Blue Labs | Oct 23, 2014 | — |
| 87 | Firebase | Oct 21, 2014 | — |
| 88 | Polar | Sep 11, 2014 | — |
| 89 | TaggPic (Acquired by Google) | Sep 11, 2014 | — |
| 90 | Lift Labs | Sep 11, 2014 | — |
| 91 | Zync Render | Aug 26, 2014 | — |
| 92 | Gecko Design Inc | Aug 22, 2014 | — |
| 93 | Jetpac | Aug 15, 2014 | — |
| 94 | Emu Messenger | Aug 6, 2014 | — |
| 95 | Directr | Aug 1, 2014 | — |
| 96 | drawElements | Jul 23, 2014 | — |
| 97 | CiiNOW | Jul 14, 2014 | — |
| 98 | Songza | Jul 2, 2014 | — |
| 99 | Appurify | Jun 25, 2014 | — |
| 100 | Alpental Technologies | Jun 19, 2014 | — |
List of Google Subsidiaries
The table contains the 100 subsidiaries of Google –
| S.No | Subsidiary | Country |
| 1 | Agawi Inc | United States |
| 2 | Google Endeavor Llc | United States |
| 3 | Google Energy Llc | United States |
| 4 | Kha Technologies Inc | United States |
| 5 | Plexo Capital Management Llc | United States |
| 6 | Xxvi Holdings Inc | United States |
| 7 | Alooma Inc | United States |
| 8 | Anvato Inc | United States |
| 9 | Apigee Corp | United States |
| 10 | Banter Inc | United States |
| 11 | Bebop Technologies Inc | United States |
| 12 | Bitium Inc | United States |
| 13 | Brightbytes Inc | United States |
| 14 | Cameyo Inc | United States |
| 15 | Clever Sense Inc | United States |
| 16 | Cloudsimple Inc | United States |
| 17 | Compilerworks Inc | United States |
| 18 | Cwist Inc | United States |
| 19 | Cyarx Technologies Ltd | United States |
| 20 | Docverse Inc | United States |
| 21 | Dodgeball.com | United States |
| 22 | Dysonics Corp | United States |
| 23 | Divide | United States |
| 24 | Firebase Inc | United States |
| 25 | Fly Labs Inc | United States |
| 26 | Fortytwo Inc | United States |
| 27 | Gecko Design Inc | United States |
| 28 | Google Ads | United States |
| 29 | Google Analytics | United States |
| 30 | Google App Experts Inc | United States |
| 31 | Google Assistant Investments | United States |
| 32 | Google Cloud | United States |
| 33 | Google Earth Enterprise | United States |
| 34 | Google Fiber Inc | United States |
| 35 | Google Finance | United States |
| 36 | Google International Llc | United States |
| 37 | Google Korea Llc | United States |
| 38 | Google Launchpad | United States |
| 39 | Google North America Inc | United States |
| 40 | Google Payment Corp | United States |
| 41 | Googlenewssubmit.com | United States |
| 42 | Measure Map | United States |
| 43 | Pyra Labs | United States |
| 44 | The Dealmap | United States |
| 45 | Zenter | United States |
| 46 | Numovis Inc | United States |
| 47 | Likecom | United States |
| 48 | Keyhole Inc | United States |
| 49 | Looker | United Kingdom |
| 50 | Verily Uk Ltd | United Kingdom |
| 51 | Deepmind Technologies Ltd | United Kingdom |
| 52 | Nvf Tech Ltd | United Kingdom |
| 53 | Spiderio | United Kingdom |
| 54 | Google (Thailand) Co Ltd | Thailand |
| 55 | Bitspin Gmbh | Switzerland |
| 56 | Google Switzerland Gmbh | Switzerland |
| 57 | Google Sweden Ab | Sweden |
| 58 | Trendalyzer | Sweden |
| 59 | Google Spain Sl | Spain |
| 60 | Virustotal | Spain |
| 61 | Google Asia Pacific Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| 62 | Google Holdings Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| 63 | Google Singapore Pte Ltd | Singapore |
| 64 | Google Ooo | Russia |
| 65 | Google Romania Srl | Romania |
| 66 | Google Portugal Sa | Portugal |
| 67 | Google Poland Sp Zoo | Poland |
| 68 | Google Norway As | Norway |
| 69 | Google New Zealand Ltd | New Zealand |
| 70 | Cornerstone Technology Bv | Netherlands |
| 71 | Google Netherlands Bv | Netherlands |
| 72 | Google Malaysia Sdn Bhd | Malaysia |
| 73 | Google Japan Inc | Japan |
| 74 | Google Italy Srl | Italy |
| 75 | Breezometer Ltd | Israel |
| 76 | Google Israel Ltd | Israel |
| 77 | Google Ireland Ltd | Ireland |
| 78 | Google Commerce Ltd | Ireland |
| 79 | Green Parrot Pictures | Ireland |
| 80 | Google Energy Pvt Ltd | India |
| 81 | Google India Pvt Ltd | India |
| 82 | Halli Labs Pvt Ltd | India |
| 83 | Google Germany Gmbh | Germany |
| 84 | Google France Sarl | France |
| 85 | Drawelements Oy | Finland |
| 86 | Google.cz | Czechia |
| 87 | Google China | China |
| 88 | Google Hong Kong Ltd | China |
| 89 | Google Taipei | China |
| 90 | Appbridge Software Inc | Canada |
| 91 | Bufferbox Inc | Canada |
| 92 | Dnnresearch Inc | Canada |
| 93 | Google Canada Corp | Canada |
| 94 | Gridcentric Inc | Canada |
| 95 | Google Brasil Internet Ltda | Brazil |
| 96 | Akwan Information Technologies | Brazil |
| 97 | Google Belgium Sa | Belgium |
| 98 | Aimatter Ooo | Belarus |
| 99 | Google Australia Pty Ltd | Australia |
| 100 | Google Argentina Srl | Argentina |
