The 12 Most Expensive Acquisitions Made by Google

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2. Nest Labs

Price – $3.2 billion

We’ve talked about Nest Labs before, when we mentioned the purchase of Dropcam. Nest is a home automation service that produces thermostats, smoke detectors and, most recently, home surveillance cameras. They’re all programmable, learn your habits on their own, and are based on sensors. The company was created in 2010 and its products were already quite popular by the time they were noticed by Google.

The acquisition was announced and completed in January 2014. The company is now part of Alphabet Inc. as a separate entity from Google.

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