The company behind Google: an infographic
Alphabet, the holding company behind Google, is a collection of subsidiary companies with an impressively wide scope of activities. Besides Google, other subsidiaries include Calico, Chronicle, DeepMind, GV, CapitalG, X, Google Fiber, Jigsaw, Sidewalk Labs, and Waymo.
Alphabet was created through a corporate restructuring of Google in 2015. Larry Page, one of the founders of Google became the CEO of the new company and Sundar Pichai replaced him as CEO of Google. The new structure aimed at separating Google’s core business (search, advertising, Gmail, YouTube, Android) from its research projects, artificial intelligence, and life sciences divisions.
Our infographic below presents Alphabet’s subsidiary companies and their scope of activities.
1.Google
Search, Ads, Cloud computing, Video sharing, Software, Hardware
2. Calico & Verily
Life sciences research. Calico combats ageing and associated diseases. Verily uses technology to better understand health, as well as prevent, detect, and manage disease.
3. Google X
Working on breakthrough technology
4. Google Fiber
Provides super-fast internet
5. Capital G
Late-stage growth venture capital funding
6. GV
Offers venture capital funding to new companies
7. Deep Mind
Artificial Intelligence company
8. Waymo
Self-driving car service
9. Jigsaw
Using machine learning to spot abuse and harassment online
10. Sidewalk Labs
Improving urban infrastructure through technological solutions
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