List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet

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,^[update] 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]

On December 10, 2012, Google sold the manufacturing operations of Motorola Mobility to Flextronics for $75 million.^[342] As a part of the agreement, Flextronics will manufacture undisclosed Android and other mobile devices.^[343] 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.^[344][345]

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.^[346]

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.^[347]

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