Google will buy London-based artificial intelligence company
DeepMind.
The Information
reports that the acquisition price was more than $500 million, and that
Facebook was also in talks to buy the startup late last year. We’ve
emailed Google and DeepMind for comment. The acquisition was
originally confirmed by Google to Re/code.
Google’s hiring of DeepMind will help it compete against other major
tech companies as they all try to gain business advantages by focusing
on deep learning. For example, Facebook recently hired NYU professor
Yann LeCunn to
lead its new artificial intelligence lab, IBM’s
Watson supercomputer is now working on deep learning, and
Yahoo recently acquired photo analysis startup LookFlow to lead its new deep learning group.
DeepMind was founded by neuroscientist Demis Hassabis, a
former child prodigy in chess, Skype and Kazaa developer Jaan Tallin, and researcher Shane Legg.
This is the latest move by Google to fill out its roster of
artificial intelligence experts and, according to Re/code, the
acquisition was reportedly led by Google CEO Larry Page. If all three of
DeepMind’s founders work for Google, they will join
inventor, entrepreneur, author, and futurist Ray Kurzweil, who was hired in 2012 as a director of engineering focused on machine learning and language processing.
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List of mergers and acquisitions by Google
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.
Google is a
computer software and a
web search engine company that has been acquiring, on average, more than one company per week since 2010.
[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. The price of each acquisition is listed in
US dollars because Google is headquartered in the
United States.
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 has acquired over 100 companies, with its largest acquisition being the purchase of
Motorola Mobility,
a mobile device manufacturing company, for $12.5 billion. 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, Google has divested itself of three
[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] 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.
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
US$1.3 billion on acquisitions during the first half of 2013, with
US$966 million of that total going to Waze.
[6]
| 100 |
August 1, 2011 |
Dealmap |
One deal a day service |
 USA |
— |
Google Offers |
[121] |
| 101 |
August 15, 2011 |
Motorola Mobility |
Mobile device manufacturer |
USA |
$12,500,000,000 |
Android, Google TV, Patent portfolio |
[122] |
| 102 |
September 7, 2011 |
Zave Networks |
Digital coupons |
USA |
— |
Google Offers |
[123] |
| 103 |
September 8, 2011 |
Zagat |
Restaurant reviews |
USA |
$151,000,000 |
Google Places, Google Maps |
[124][125][126] |
| 104 |
September 19, 2011 |
DailyDeal |
One deal a day service |
 GER |
$114,000,000 |
Google Offers |
[127] |
| 105 |
October 11, 2011 |
SocialGrapple |
Social media analytics service |
 CAN |
— |
Google+ |
[128] |
| 106 |
November 10, 2011 |
Apture |
Instantaneous search |
USA |
— |
Google Search |
[129] |
| 107 |
November 14, 2011 |
Katango |
Social circle organization |
USA |
— |
Google+ |
[130] |
| 108 |
December 9, 2011 |
RightsFlow |
Music rights management |
USA |
— |
YouTube |
[131] |
| 109 |
December 13, 2011 |
Clever Sense |
Mobile apps |
USA |
— |
Android |
[132] |
| 110 |
March 16, 2012 |
Milk, Inc |
Social networking service |
USA |
— |
Google+ |
[133] |
| 111 |
April 2, 2012 |
TxVia |
Online Payment |
USA |
— |
Google Wallet |
[134] |
| 112 |
June 4, 2012 |
Meebo |
Instant Messaging |
USA |
$100,000,000 |
Google Hangouts |
[135] |
| 113 |
June 5, 2012 |
Quickoffice |
Productivity Suite |
USA |
— |
Google Docs |
[136] |
| 114 |
July 20, 2012 |
Sparrow |
Mobile apps |
 FRA |
$25,000,000 |
Gmail |
[137][138][139] |
| 115 |
2012 |
WIMM Labs |
Android powered smartwatches |
USA |
— |
Android |
[140] |
| 116 |
August 1, 2012 |
Wildfire Interactive |
Social media marketing |
USA |
$450,000,000 |
Google, Google+ |
[141] |
| 117 |
September 7, 2012 |
VirusTotal.com |
Security |
 ESP |
— |
Google |
[142][143] |
| 118 |
September 17, 2012 |
Nik Software, Inc. |
Photography |
USA |
— |
Google, Android |
[144][145][146] |
| 119 |
October 1, 2012 |
Viewdle |
Facial recognition |
 UKR |
$45,000,000 |
Android |
[147][148] |
| 120 |
November 28, 2012 |
Incentive Targeting Inc. |
Digital coupons |
USA |
— |
Google Offers |
[149][150] |
| 121 |
November 30, 2012 |
BufferBox |
Package delivery |
CAN |
$17,000,000 |
Google Shopping, Android |
[151][152] |
| 122 |
February 6, 2013 |
Channel Intelligence |
Product ecommerce |
USA |
$125,000,000 |
Google Shopping |
|
| 123 |
March 12, 2013 |
DNNresearch Inc. |
Deep Neural Networks |
CAN |
— |
Google, Google X |
[153] |
| 124 |
March 15, 2013 |
Talaria Technologies |
Cloud computing |
USA |
— |
Google Cloud |
[154] |
| 125 |
April 12, 2013 |
Behavio |
Social Prediction |
USA |
— |
Google Now |
[155] |
| 126 |
April 23, 2013 |
Wavii |
Natural Language Processing |
USA |
$30,000,000 |
Google Knowledge Graph |
[156] |
| 127 |
May 23, 2013 |
Makani Power |
Airborne wind turbines |
USA |
— |
Google X |
[157] |
| 128 |
June 11, 2013 |
Waze |
GPS navigation software |
 ISR |
$966,000,000 |
Google Maps |
[6] |
| 129 |
September 16, 2013 |
Bump |
Mobile software |
USA |
— |
Android |
[158] |
| 130 |
October 2, 2013 |
Flutter |
Gesture recognition technology |
USA |
$40,000,000 |
Google, Android, Google X |
[159] |
| 131 |
October 22, 2013 |
FlexyCore |
DroidBooster App for Android |
FRA |
$23,000,000 |
Android |
[160] |
| 132 |
December 2, 2013 |
Schaft.inc |
Humanoid robots |
 JPN |
|
Google X |
[161] |
| 133 |
December 3, 2013 |
Industrial Perception |
Computer Vision |
USA |
|
Google X |
[161] |
| 134 |
December 4, 2013 |
Redwood Robotics |
Robotic Arms |
USA |
|
Google X |
[161] |
| 135 |
December 5, 2013 |
Meka Robotics |
Robots |
USA |
|
Google X |
[161] |
| 136 |
December 6, 2013 |
Holomni |
Robotic wheels |
USA |
|
Google X |
[161] |
| 137 |
December 7, 2013 |
Bot & Dolly |
Robotic cameras |
USA |
|
Google X |
[161] |
| 138 |
December 8, 2013 |
Autofuss |
Ads and Design |
USA |
|
Google X |
[161] |
| 139 |
December 10, 2013 |
Boston Dynamics |
Robotics |
USA |
|
Google X |
[162][161] |
| 140 |
January 4, 2014 |
Bitspin |
Timely App for Android |
 CHE |
|
Android |
[163] |
| 141 |
January 13, 2014 |
Nest |
Home automation |
USA |
$3,200,000,000 |
|
[164][165] |
| 142 |
January 15, 2014 |
Impermium |
Internet security |
USA |
|
Google+
|
[166] |
| 143 |
January 26, 2014 |
DeepMind Technologies |
Artificial Intelligence |
 UK |
$400,000,000 |
|
[167] |
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Google buys British artificial intelligence firm DeepMind
Google has bought UK start-up DeepMind for a rumoured $400 million
Google is buying London-based artificial intelligence company DeepMind
Technologies, according to reports.
Technology news website
Re/code,
which first reported the deal, said the price was $400 million (£242m),
which would make it Google's largest European acquisition so far. Other
reports suggest the acquisition price was closer to $500 million.
Google declined to confirm the figure, while privately-held DeepMind was not
immediately available for comment.
DeepMind was founded by 37-year-old neuroscientist and former teenage chess
prodigy Demis Hassabis, along with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
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