Google Acquires Phatbits

Announced December 27, 2005

What happened

Phatbits was a widget engine business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Desktop.

Google's acquisition history

20th of 269 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

66 of 269 Google deals

Google's average disclosed price

$1.20B

Google's largest disclosed deal

Wiz ($32B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2005

102 across all acquirers

Google in Widget engine

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Phatbits?

Google acquired Phatbits on December 27, 2005. This was Google's 20th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Phatbits?

The price Google paid for Phatbits was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does Phatbits do?

Phatbits was a widget engine business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Desktop.

What other Widget engine companies has Google acquired?

Phatbits is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Widget engine so far.