Google LLC is a global technology leader specialising in internet services: search engine, online advertising, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, software, consumer hardware (e.g. Pixel, Nest), and digital platforms like YouTube and Android. The company is headquartered at the Googleplex in Mountain View, California, U.S. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google went public in 2004 and in 2015 became a subsidiary under the holding company Alphabet Inc. Google is massive in scale—with Alphabet, its parent, reporting approximately 190,167 employees as of September 2025—and operates as a mature, publicly traded tech giant. Its public-market status is well established. Recent major acquisitions include cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion—the largest in company history, enhancing Google Cloud's capabilities—and a $4.75 billion pending acquisition of energy firm Intersect Power to support data-center scaling.
