Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has a multifaceted role in the space industry. While not a traditional space agency or manufacturer, Alphabet invests in space-related ventures, such as satellite imaging through Terra Bella (formerly Skybox Imaging) and has invested in companies like SpaceX. Alphabet's Google Cloud provides cloud computing services to space organizations, and the company has explored using satellites for internet connectivity. These activities demonstrate Alphabet's interest in leveraging space technology for various applications, including Earth observation, data analysis, and global internet access.
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SpaceX’s institutional investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Alphabet, and Fidelity.
Aalyria was founded out of Alphabet in 2022.
Aalyria spun out of Google (Alphabet) in September 2022.
Aalyria’s Spacetime is a temporospatial software-defined networking platform originally developed over decades within Alphabet.
Alphabet shut down Project Loon in 2021, enabling the opportunity for Aalyria to acquire Spacetime technology.
Aalyria spun off from Alphabet in 2021 and has since developed technology for hybrid networks that include satellites and high-altitude platforms.
Aalyria is a spinoff of Alphabet established in 2021.
Uber will offer driverless cars on its ride-hailing and food delivery platform later 2023 through a partnership with Alphabet’s Waymo.
Julie Kearney previously worked at private legal practices and telecom companies and headed communications regulation and policy at Loon until Alphabet ended the project in 2021.
Aalyria launched as an independent company in September 2022 after acquiring key networking and communications technologies developed at Alphabet over nearly a decade.
Aalyria launched as an independent company in September 2022 after acquiring key networking and communications technology developed at Alphabet.
Wing, Alphabet Inc's drone delivery unit, criticized the new drone policies over privacy concerns.
Progressive Democrats support the Justice Department’s effort to take legal action against Alphabet’s Google.
Loon is a subsidiary of Alphabet that promotes networking technology and user interfaces developed to operate its high-altitude balloons for constellations of nongeostationary orbiting satellites.