In a recent interview at Stanford, Matt Rogers (co-founder of Nest) explains the Google/Nest relationship. Basically, they needed a bunch of $$$$ to get to the

In a recent interview at Stanford, Matt Rogers (co-founder of Nest) explains the Google/Nest relationship. Basically, they needed a bunch of $$$$ to get to the next level and they wanted Google to buy them and fund it rather than raise a huge round.