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What companies does Google own?

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I think this version is more complete (at least, it includes the most recent acquisitions): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...

Some other lists on Wikipedia include:

Microsoft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...

Apple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...

Facebook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...

Amazon (no pretty table): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...

Pro-tip: After a six month blackout period, acquisitions are eligible for awards in the Google Vulnerability Rewards Program.

https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/

Title is misleading... the list includes companies like Boston Dynamics and Zagat that Google/Alphabet once acquired but no longer owns.

I'm surprised that only two surprised me:

HTC mobile (I assumed an HTC phone is an HTC phone)

Boston dynamics (I saw this as a DoD thing)

And I think a lot of people (though maybe not here) may not know about Nest and Waze. I've heard people being surprised about it, though I don't know if they made it obvious by now because I don't use either.

They sold Boston dynamics and a HTC phone is still a HTC phone. They only bought the team that made pixel

> July 18, 2008 ZAO Begun

Not true, this deal never went through due to anti-monopoly regulations.

Are we talking about “Google” Google or “Alphabet” Google?

The google cemetery is even more interesting:

https://gcemetery.co/

There are so many quality products there that never quite caught on.

Didn't know Flutter was from acquisition: https://acquiredby.co/google-acquisitions/flutter/2724/

I don't think the "UI Toolkit" Flutter you know today was from an acquisition. Eric Seidel (leading the Flutter team at Google) mentioned in a video that they needed a name for the project and they used a name from one of their acquisitions. As verifying that a name is available in most important countries is expensive and time-consuming, they just went through their internal database of available names and this is how they picked Flutter. I couldn't find a link to the video right now.

What was the main product of the original Flutter?

I found this [https://flutterapp.com/], but I don't quite understand what the product was.

Edit: Found this [https://flutter.en.softonic.com/mac]. It uses webcam to detect motion gestures.

Interesting. I suppose "Sky" (original name of Flutter) would've been pretty hard to market.

Interesting, although not surprising to see how large powerful companies keep buying up other tech companies and possible competition early on and expand that way.

I wish people were more open about their acquisition prices. An entire generation of entrepreneurs could be inspired if only they could see the potential upsides of doing a startup.

I don't think that the goal of a startup should be to get bought.

The upsides of doing a startup are many, being bought and seeing your baby/hobby being ruined outside of your control is torture.

I am sure 99% of people would sign up for the latter immediately if they were promised a good sized payout. Torture is a gross overexaggeration.

It really isn't an exaggeration and can lead to depression.

It doesn't have be bad though, but if you are in a good place and enjoying the work and are making a profit anyway, then there's perhaps not that much to gain from selling.

Usually not being open means that the price was only high enough to repay the investors.

Often the price isn't published because it's very low (like $0 low). Most of the staff gets to keep their jobs, and founders get to claim a "successful exit".

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