Acquisition History / Google / Tenor
Google Acquires Tenor
Announced March 27, 2018
What happened
Tenor was a gif image search business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Images , Gboard.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Tenor
- Announced
- March 27, 2018
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- GIF image search
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Tenor?
Google acquired Tenor on March 27, 2018. This was Google's 217th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Tenor?
The price Google paid for Tenor was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Tenor do?
Tenor was a gif image search business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Images , Gboard.
What other GIF image search companies has Google acquired?
Tenor is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in GIF image search so far.
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