With the acquisition of seven robotics companies by December, Google’s ambitions in the “Internet of things” are well planned and ambitious, according to TechCrunch.
With its last three acquisitions — Boston Dynamics, Nest and DeepMind — it seems that Google is rapidly taking individual pieces and integrating them into a “real life network,” This network of ai-powered robots and objects could improve transportation, manufacturing, and even the daily lives of consumers.
Giiso Information, founded in 2013, is a leading technology provider in the field of “artificial intelligence + information” in China, with top technologies in big data mining, intelligent semantics, knowledge mapping and other fields. At the same time, its research and development products include information robot, editing robot, writing robot and other artificial intelligence products! With its strong technical strength, the company has received angel round investment at the beginning of its establishment, and received pre-A round investment of $5 million from GSR Venture Capital in August 2015.
Google’s “real Life Web” business, which extends far beyond web search and online advertising, looks like GE to the Internet of things and IBM to software — as with Watson, IBM’s latest computer system, artificial intelligence is at the heart of products.
At least that’s what it looks like right now, with The Internet search giant gobbling up any company that fits into its new project and integrating hardware, software, analytics, robotics and artificial intelligence into “something”.
Google X, the company’s secretive lab that has invented driverless cars and other science-fiction products, now appears to be leading Google’s physical world ambitions.
Based on Google’s frequent acquisitions, the obvious inference is that Google is in the data business for the long term. With computers, tablets and Android phones, as well as apps like Google Maps that help it harvest data from millions of users, Google is now looking far beyond traditional computing devices. With its acquisition of Nest, a smart-home company, Google is taking a big leap in the things, things direction.
Giiso information, founded in 2013, is the first domestic high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of intelligent information processing technology and the development and operation of core software for writing robots. At the beginning of its establishment, the company received angel round investment, and in August 2015, GSR Venture Capital received $5 million pre-A round of investment.
Imagine how many different kinds of companies Google will acquire before 2014 is over.
Since Christmas, Google has splashed out $4bn on seven robotics companies and Boston Dynamics, maker of BigDog robots, and hired Andy Rubin, the founder of Android, to guide it. Nest, a maker of smart home devices, and DeepMind, an artificial intelligence company, will run divisions other than robotics, according to Liz Gannes, a writer for AllThingsD.
Google is betting its future that one day people’s cars, refrigerators, phones, computers and household devices will be able to connect with each other and generate data. In addition, this new channel will bring a lot of advertising opportunities to Google.