Book excerpt: how Google acquired DeepMind for $650M in 2014, beating Facebook to the deal; Mustafa Suleyman used poker-style bluffing to secure a safety board
Before artificial intelligence minted billionaires and roiled the stock market, the London startup caught the attention of tech's biggest names.
Sources: Google is in talks with Envicool and other Chinese companies about buying liquid cooling equipment for data centers, amid a tight supply of such parts
Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O) is in talks with Envicool (002837.SZ) and other Chinese firms about buying liquid cooling equipment for data centres …
Sources: after Google's $32B deal, each of Wiz's four co-founders is set to get $2B+ in post-tax cash; Index is set to net $4B, Sequoia ~$3B, and Insight $2.7B
Two years after rejecting a $23 billion offer, Israel-based Wiz secured the largest acquisition in Google's history …
Google spins off GFiber, formerly Google Fiber, forming an independent provider with investment firm Stonepeak's Astound; Google will retain a minority stake
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Google closes its acquisition of Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B, marking Google's biggest acquisition yet; Google initially approached Wiz in 2024
Google has officially acquired Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in cash, a full year after the companies announced the deal.
AI cybersecurity startup Armadin, started by Mandiant founder Kevin Mandia to build AI agents, raised ~$190M led by Accel; Google bought Mandiant for $5.4B
Four years ago Kevin Mandia agreed to sell his cybersecurity company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion. Now he's back in the game, with Google's help.
Google acquires Common Sense Machines, which offers AI models that create 3D assets from 2D images; the startup was founded in 2020 and last valued at $15M
Sources: Google is in talks with broadband operator Radiate to set up a JV to hold their fiber assets; Stonepeak Partners will invest $1B to support the deal
Sources: Google is in talks with broadband operator Radiate to set up a JV to hold their fiber assets; Stonepeak Partners will invest $1B to support the deal
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is in talks with Radiate, a broadband operator backed by Stonepeak Partners, to set up a joint venture …
Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia; Groq says it will continue operating independently
anybody who knows anything about AI chips knows groq's first gen chips aren't competitive but maybe their upcoming chips might have been able to threaten nvidia? @josephjacks_ : Overly simplistic take...