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by bismark 2495 days ago
Google Flights was an acquisition of ITA.
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Firebase was an acquisition too.
wasn't Docs an acquisition too? dunno about Sheets but it wouldn't surprise me at this point
yes, docs came from writely. sheets came from xl2web.
Tensorflow was also an aquihire.
You're conflating Google Brain with Deepmind. Tensorflow was decidedly not an "acquihire".
this is not correct. TF was originated and written by Jeff Dean and some other folks after their experience with distbelief.
Youtube too
Not the application itself. ITA was mainly acquired for their data, Flights was developed from the ground up.