About Google
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the worldâs information.
Headquarters
Google, Mountain View
Founded
1998-01-01
Industry
Apps, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Storage, Information Technology, Office Administration, Search Engine, SEO, Software
Last Funding Type
Convertible Note
Valuation
23.1
Total Funding
$26.10 million dollars
IPO Status
Public
Financial
Google is advancing in several areas of technology. They are developing an automated assistant capable of generating responses and controlling cameras based on user conditions, enhancing user interaction with applications. In quantum computing, Google is working on error mitigation techniques like virtual distillation to improve quantum state accuracy. They are also exploring generative neural networks for video creation, and machine learning architectures for efficient data processing. Additionally, Google is enhancing speech recognition with contextual biasing and visual search capabilities.
Google Workspace enhances security with new authentication requirements starting September 30, aiming to limit access from insecure devices and apps. Additionally, the integration of Gemini AI across its apps, including Gmail, Docs, and Drive, offers advanced features like email summarization and smart responses, primarily targeting education sectors and paid users. Significant updates also include speed improvements in Google Sheets and the introduction of AI-powered video creation tool, Vids, for Workspace Labs users.
Google Workspace enhances security with new authentication requirements starting September 30, aiming to limit access from insecure devices and apps. Additionally, the integration of Gemini AI across its apps, including Gmail, Docs, and Drive, offers advanced features like email summarization and smart responses, primarily targeting education sectors and paid users. Significant updates also include speed improvements in Google Sheets and the introduction of AI-powered video creation tool, Vids, for Workspace Labs users.
Funding Rounds
3
Number of Lead Investors
3
Total Funding Amount
$26.10 million dollars
Number of Investors
13
Google vs. Other Decacorns
| Company | Valuation | Total Funding | Funding Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| $23.1B | $26.10M | 3 | |
| Weights & Biases | $5B | $250.00M | 7 |
| SeekOut | $1B | $188.60M | 4 |
| Didi Global | $68B | - | - |
| Tanium | $9B | $1.05B | 14 |
| Canva | $51B | $2.51B | 19 |
| Postman | $6B | $433.00M | 5 |
| Confluent | $18B | $455.90M | 8 |
| Dataiku | $4B | $846.84M | 11 |
| QuintoAndar | $5B | $755.27M | 9 |
| SandboxAQ | $8B | $825.00M | 3 |
| Ola | $7B | $4.97B | 30 |
| Sportradar AG | $7.4B | $98.29M | 5 |
| Mozido | $2B | $3.35M | 6 |
| Collibra | $5B | $596.52M | 9 |
| 1Password | $14B | $920.14M | 3 |
| DFINITY | $2B | $166.88M | 6 |
| Mysten Labs | $2B | $336.01M | 3 |
| Cerebras Systems | $26B | $715.00M | 7 |
| Wave (Financial Software) | $2B | $79.75M | 10 |
| Enya (Software Development Applications) | $3B | $1.50M | 2 |
| Latch | $1.6B | $342.12M | 7 |
| Concordium | $1B | $76.10M | 8 |
| AvidXchange | $4.9B | $1.13B | 10 |
| Zoox | $2B | $1.01B | 5 |
| Adyen | $8.3B | $266.00M | 3 |
| SparkCognition | $1B | - | - |
| CoinTracker | $4B | $101.62M | 3 |
| Offchain Labs | $1B | $123.70M | 3 |
| Shield AI | $5B | $1.07B | 14 |
| Twilio | $2B | $614.42M | 13 |
| Kik | $2B | $215.80M | 7 |
| DoorDash | $39B | $2.47B | 13 |
| Quotient Technology | $1.2B | $284.26M | 10 |
| Databricks | $38B | $14.00B | 13 |
| Asapp | $2B | $380.00M | 5 |
| Miro | $88B | $476.30M | 5 |
| Upside | $5B | $165.00M | 6 |
| InsideSales.com | $3B | $251.20M | 6 |
| Asana | $50B | $453.20M | 13 |
| AppDirect | $2B | $574.50M | 9 |
| Gong.io | $7B | $583.00M | 8 |
| Anthropic | $12B | $13.74B | 11 |
| Improbable | $11B | $704.03M | 7 |
| One Medical | $1.7B | $532.07M | 11 |
| Notion | $110B | $343.20M | 7 |
| Zenefits | $14B | $584.10M | 6 |
| Dialpad | $2B | $450.00M | 9 |
| Grammarly | $39B | $400.00M | 3 |
| Lattice | $18B | $330.32M | 9 |
| Couchbase | $1B | $251.00M | 9 |
| Rebel Foods | $1B | $787.55M | 27 |
| Mythical Games | $3B | $297.00M | 9 |
| Workfront | $2B | $375.00M | 5 |
| DriveNets | $2B | $587.00M | 4 |
| Fusion-io | $1.5B | $111.50M | 3 |
| TaxBit | $3B | $253.36M | 8 |
| Epirus | $1B | $287.63M | 4 |
| Infinera | $1.1B | $625.80M | 9 |
| Copper | $2B | $102.00M | 5 |
| Groq | $4B | $1.00B | 6 |
| Slack | $23B | $1.39B | 13 |
| Synthego | $1B | $459.69M | 9 |
| Pax | $2B | - | - |
| Cylance | $1B | $297.00M | 6 |
| AppDynamics | $2B | $364.50M | 11 |
| Carbon Health | $6B | $622.50M | 11 |
| SentinelOne | $9B | $696.52M | 9 |
| Tonal | $3B | $580.00M | 7 |
| Roku | $1.3B | $212.01M | 11 |
| Commure | $4B | $620.50M | 8 |
| Remote | $17B | $496.00M | 5 |
| Mainspring | $1B | $32.50M | 2 |
| Tradeshift | $8B | $1.13B | 14 |
| Qualia | $2B | $160.00M | 6 |
| Retool | $29B | $141.00M | 5 |
| Doctolib | $6B | $815.03M | 9 |
| Matillion | $3B | $290.00M | 7 |
| Schroedinger | $0.8B | $577.22M | 10 |
| Jfrog | $3.9B | $226.50M | 6 |
| Datto | $4.3B | $100.00M | 3 |
| SmartRent | $2.2B | $256.50M | 6 |
| Deem | $1B | $536.13M | 13 |
| Meta Platforms | $104B | $25.61B | 15 |
| Forto | $2B | $593.38M | 6 |
| Active Network | $1B | $344.19M | 9 |
| Anduril | $25B | $3.67B | 8 |
| Flexport | $152B | $2.70B | 19 |
| Trax Retail | $5B | $1.08B | 13 |
| Whatnot | $12B | $484.70M | 7 |
| Skydio | $4B | $740.00M | 9 |
| Niantic | $18B | $770.00M | 6 |
| Cruise | $330B | $15.97B | 13 |
| Vianai | $2B | $190.00M | 2 |
| Contrast Security | $3B | $269.00M | 5 |
| Clari | $3B | $496.00M | 8 |
| Truecaller | $2.5B | $101.16M | 10 |
| StarkWare | $32B | $273.00M | 8 |
| Pilot | $9B | $172.10M | 6 |
| Hugging Face | $10B | $395.20M | 7 |
| Airbnb | $459B | $6.42B | 29 |
| Procore | $9.6B | $654.02M | 17 |
| Fleetmatics Group | $0.6B | $93.00M | 2 |
| Carbonite | $0.2B | $191.20M | 8 |
| Concur Technologies | $0.2B | $291.75M | 2 |
| Vercel | $8B | $563.00M | 5 |
| Divvy | $7B | $417.50M | 5 |
| Placer.ai | $6B | $267.51M | 10 |
| Nexthink | $2B | $345.88M | 8 |
| Sumo Logic | $2.2B | $340.00M | 6 |
| Lucid | $3B | $3.82M | 4 |
| Pipedrive | $5B | $90.20M | 8 |
| Udacity | $2B | $240.00M | 6 |
| Palantir Technologies | $308B | $3.03B | 28 |
| Andela | $3B | $381.01M | 9 |
| CRED | $12B | $801.49M | 8 |
| Scopely | $41B | $998.50M | 10 |
| Nicira Networks | $1B | $41.82M | 4 |
| Evolv Technology | $1.7B | $483.32M | 10 |
| Swiggy | $10.3B | $3.79B | 19 |
| SWORD Health | $2B | $453.47M | 11 |
| Weave | $1.5B | $168.00M | 8 |
| Applied Intuition | $22B | $901.50M | 7 |
| ClassDojo | $17B | $191.10M | 6 |
| HyperScience | $7B | $288.88M | 9 |
| SmartNews | $2B | $410.29M | 6 |
| Toutiao | $20B | - | - |
| Via | $7B | $19.81M | 5 |
| LogMeIn | $0.3B | $30.00M | 5 |
| Material Security | $4B | $162.00M | 4 |
| Planet Labs | $2.8B | $573.90M | 10 |
| Cohesity | $10B | $955.00M | 10 |
| Gusto | $547B | $746.10M | 15 |
| Checkr | $60B | $679.00M | 8 |
| Coalition | $10B | $770.00M | 7 |
| Sourcegraph | $5B | $248.00M | 7 |
| Productboard | $5B | $261.70M | 8 |
| Amplitude | $4.6B | $311.48M | 14 |
| Mandiant | $2.3B | $70.00M | 2 |
| ThoughtSpot | $13B | $663.70M | 12 |
| Veriff | $6B | $192.32M | 7 |
| Swvl | $1.5B | $242.70M | 10 |
| Uber | $82.4B | $30.21B | 33 |
| Motive | $3B | $567.30M | 9 |
| Livongo | $2.5B | $235.00M | 6 |
| Hasura | $2B | $136.50M | 4 |
| Evernote | $11B | $290.00M | 12 |
| Dapper Labs | $76B | $612.51M | 7 |
| Ada (Business/Productivity Software) | $1B | $190.62M | 7 |
| MoPub | $3B | $18.50M | 4 |
| Rebellion Defense | $1B | $150.00M | 2 |
| Stack Overflow | $12B | $153.00M | 6 |
| Netscape Communications | $1.2B | $8.00M | 3 |
| Druva | $2B | $475.00M | 9 |
| Foundry Networks | $3B | - | 1 |
| Sentry | $3B | $217.00M | 6 |
| Luminar | $2.9B | $709.75M | 11 |
| Rappi | $16B | $2.34B | 19 |
| AlphaSense | $2B | $1.42B | 12 |
| Anaplan | $1.4B | $299.90M | 9 |
| TravelPerk | $4B | $664.14M | 12 |
| Zoom Video Communications | $9.2B | $276.00M | 9 |
| Rubrik | $6.6B | $554.30M | 12 |
| Knock | $4B | - | - |
| GOAT | $37B | - | 1 |
| Cresta | $6B | $276.00M | 5 |
| Armis | $3B | $737.00M | 7 |
| Leslie | $3B | - | 1 |
| MarkForged | $2.1B | $346.80M | 7 |
| Invoca | $1B | $201.50M | 7 |
| Degreed | $4B | $462.74M | 16 |
| Looker | $5B | $280.50M | 7 |
| People.ai | $4B | $200.00M | 9 |
| Upstart | $10B | $944.05M | 9 |
| Quantenna Communications | $0.5B | $186.13M | 12 |
| Choco | $4B | $336.27M | 7 |
| Braze | $6B | $175.10M | 9 |
| Freshworks | $10B | $484.00M | 9 |
| Duolingo | $7B | $183.30M | 8 |
| Graphcore | $8B | $682.00M | 7 |
| Loom | $11B | $203.55M | 8 |
| Zuora | $1.4B | $647.50M | 11 |
| InTouch Health | $1B | $49.20M | 6 |
| Alation | $7B | $314.95M | 7 |
| Airtable | $282B | $1.35B | 10 |
| Instructure | $2.8B | $89.10M | 6 |
| Fundbox | $8B | $553.50M | 9 |
| View (Building Products) | $1.6B | $2.57B | 20 |
| Nimble Storage | $1.5B | $98.75M | 5 |
| Vast | $4B | $381.00M | 7 |
| ID.me | $14B | $407.25M | 22 |
| Figma | $180B | $748.62M | 8 |
| Dynatrace | $4.4B | $21.90M | 4 |
| Snap Group | $31B | $3.26M | 1 |
| Rubicon | $10B | $501.70M | 12 |
| Modern Health | $4B | $167.40M | 6 |
| Mercury | $37B | $152.21M | 7 |
| Cribl | $2B | $721.21M | 7 |
| Chainalysis | $9B | $536.62M | 13 |
| Branch | $24B | $667.05M | 10 |
| Benchling | $37B | $411.90M | 9 |
| Pure Storage | $3.1B | $529.26M | 8 |
| Automile | $4B | $47.31M | 4 |
| Back | $15B | $3.30M | 2 |
| Sourcefire | $2B | $40.50M | 5 |
| Density | $11B | $217.20M | 9 |
| SingleStore | $11B | $464.10M | 11 |
| FiscalNote | $1.3B | $637.33M | 23 |
| Bowery | $9B | $1.65M | 4 |
| Zocdoc | $14B | $375.94M | 10 |
| Takko | $2B | - | 3 |
| Auth0 | $6B | $332.28M | 10 |
| Salt Security | $1B | $271.00M | 8 |
| Roblox | $14B | $874.45M | 13 |
| CircleCI | $10B | $315.00M | 9 |
| Addepar | $11B | $531.36M | 7 |
| AgentSync | $5B | $161.10M | 5 |
| Proofpoint | $0.4B | $885.50M | 7 |
| SnapLogic | $5B | $371.30M | 10 |
| Signifyd | $4B | $409.00M | 7 |
| Spendesk | $3B | $311.85M | 6 |
| Notion Labs | $60B | - | - |
| Pilot.com | $1B | $172.10M | 6 |
| Locu | $22B | $4.60M | 2 |
| DocuSign | $4.5B | $536.20M | 20 |
| Lucid Software | $12B | $670.36M | 8 |
| BloomReach | $2B | $452.00M | 7 |
| DataStax | $5B | $342.57M | 10 |
| Insider | $5B | $772.10M | 9 |
| Snyk | $15B | $1.20B | 13 |
| Newfold Digital | $2B | - | 1 |
| PagerDuty | $1.8B | $523.60M | 8 |
| Rovio Entertainment | $1B | $76.11M | 3 |
| SAP Concur | $0.2B | $291.75M | 2 |
| OpenAI | $20B | $21.90B | 10 |
| KAYAK Software | $4B | $229.00M | 7 |
| Innovaccer | $3B | $379.10M | 7 |
| Iterable | $2B | $342.20M | 7 |
| Glovo | $3B | $1.16B | 11 |
| Dataminr | $41B | $1.05B | 14 |
| Alto Pharmacy | $3B | $680.03M | 11 |
| Fitbit | $0.1B | $66.00M | 4 |
| Mirakl | $7B | $6.41M | 5 |
| LaunchDarkly | $6B | $330.30M | 8 |
| Bellabeat | $8B | $18.82M | 7 |
| Lyft | $24B | $5.31B | 29 |
| NoBroker | $1B | $430.86M | 13 |
| Workhuman | $1B | $131.48M | 4 |
| Yelp | $0.9B | $56.00M | 6 |
| TelecityGroup | $4B | - | - |
| Storable | $6B | $10.00M | 1 |
| $12.7B | $1.49B | 26 | |
| MySQL | $1B | $39.80M | 3 |
| MindTickle | $1B | $281.30M | 7 |
| Moveworks | $4B | $305.00M | 3 |
| GrubMarket | $20B | $499.10M | 8 |
| Ginger | $15B | $222.42M | 11 |
| Flywire | $8B | $583.30M | 10 |
| Chipper Cash | $2B | $337.20M | 7 |
| Calm | $28B | $218.04M | 8 |
| AppLovin | $7B | $5.12B | 12 |
| Outreach | $22B | $489.02M | 13 |
| Algolia | $25B | $334.22M | 8 |
| Trulia | $0.4B | $255.10M | 6 |
| Splashtop | $3B | $114.00M | 5 |
| Stack | $2B | $5.04M | 5 |
| SoundHound | $2.1B | $451.00M | 11 |
| Salesforce | $1.1B | $65.38M | 7 |
| iRobot | $2B | $230.00M | 6 |
| Clio | $3B | $1.29B | 6 |
| Tipalti | $25B | $715.00M | 10 |
| Cloudflare | $4.4B | $332.20M | 7 |
| Box | $1.7B | $1.46B | 15 |
| Fastly | $1.5B | $369.00M | 8 |
| Hinge | $43B | $20.60M | 4 |
| Kong | $7B | $344.10M | 7 |
| Mark43 | $8B | $268.82M | 8 |
| Owkin | $3B | $304.10M | 8 |
| Aiven | $6B | $420.00M | 6 |
| Dropbox | $9.2B | $1.71B | 13 |
| Contentful | $6B | $349.60M | 9 |
| Turing | $11B | - | 2 |
| MURAL | $4B | $192.28M | 6 |
| Duo Security | $2B | $121.50M | 7 |
| The Zebra | $2B | $2.50B | 3 |
| Expensify | $2.2B | $138.20M | 9 |
| SeatGeek | $11B | $400.10M | 11 |
| InVision | $4B | $356.20M | 10 |
| Relativity | $37B | $125.00M | 2 |
| Wolt | $11B | $822.52M | 9 |
| JumpCloud | $5B | $416.82M | 12 |
| Yammer | $15B | $142.00M | 6 |
| iSpot.tv | $2B | $382.80M | 5 |
| PayFit | $6B | $495.75M | 7 |
Growth Trends & Market Impact
Google reported another quarter of accelerating growth, leading to an increase in its stock price. The company also invested $2.3 billion in Ohio to enhance its technical infrastructure. Despite these positive developments, Google cut at least 100 jobs in its fast-growing cloud unit.
Investment history
| Round number | date | Post-round evaluation | investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| №1 | 07.06.1999 | $25.00 million dollars |
Kleiner Perkins Sequoia Capital |
| №2 | 01.11.1998 | $1.00 million dollars | |
| №3 | 01.08.1998 | $100.00 thousand dollars |
Andy Bechtolsheim |