Acquisition History / Google / PittPatt
Google Acquires PittPatt
Announced July 23, 2011
What happened
PittPatt was a facial recognition system business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Android.
- Acquirer
- Target
- PittPatt
- Announced
- July 23, 2011
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Facial recognition system
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire PittPatt?
Google acquired PittPatt on July 23, 2011. This was Google's 98th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for PittPatt?
The price Google paid for PittPatt was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does PittPatt do?
PittPatt was a facial recognition system business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Android.
What other Facial recognition system companies has Google acquired?
PittPatt is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Facial recognition system so far.
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