Google Acquires Schaft

Announced December 2, 2013

What happened

Schaft was a robotics , humanoid robots business based in Japan; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as X.

Google's acquisition history

131st 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 2013

147 across all acquirers

Google in Robotics , humanoid robots

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Schaft?

Google acquired Schaft on December 2, 2013. This was Google's 131st publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Schaft?

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

What does Schaft do?

Schaft was a robotics , humanoid robots business based in Japan; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as X.

What other Robotics , humanoid robots companies has Google acquired?

Schaft is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Robotics , humanoid robots so far.