Google Acquires Viewdle

Announced October 2012 — $45M

What happened

Viewdle was a facial recognition business based in Ukraine; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Android.

Google's acquisition history

118th 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 2012

90 across all acquirers

Google in Facial recognition

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Viewdle?

Google acquired Viewdle on October 2012. This was Google's 118th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Viewdle?

Google paid $45M for Viewdle.

What does Viewdle do?

Viewdle was a facial recognition business based in Ukraine; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Android.

What other Facial recognition companies has Google acquired?

Viewdle is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Facial recognition so far.