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YouTube, Doubleclick, Waze, and DeepMind were good acquisitions.
by JauntTrooper 7y ago
YouTube, Doubleclick, Waze, and DeepMind were good acquisitions.
- akhilcacharya 7y agoWhat exactly does DeepMind even do that provides investor ROI? I can't call it a good acquisition.
- johnnycab 7y agoDeepmind Health was a pure-data play, like most Google acquisitions; including Fitbit ─ which might initially suggest it is a way to sell gadgets or a platform but reverse is true ie. it is a strategy albeit not a cohesive one, to acquihire and/or gain foothold in a sector, especially where it does not have a dominant presence, in order to integrate a disparate portfolio of existing services. https://deepmind.com/blog/announcements/deepmind-health-joins-google-health https://deepmind.com/blog/announcements/deepmind-health-join...