I-Google ibilokhu ikhona kusukela ngo-1997 futhi ikhule kusuka engxenyeni yokusesha (okokuqala ibizwa ngokuthi i-BackRub) ibe yinkampani enkulu eyenza yonke into kusuka kwisofthiwe kuya ezokushayela izimoto. Ngo-Agasti 2015, i-Google yahlukanisa futhi yaba izinkampani eziningi ezinxusa, kuhlanganise ne-Google ebizwa ngokuthi i-Google. Ama-alfabhethi abe yinkampani ebambe iqhaza kubo bonke.
Kubathengi, akushintshe kakhulu nge-switch. Ama-alfabhethi amelwa njenge-GOOG ku-stock exchange ye-NASDAQ, okufanayo ne-Google eyasebenza. Iningi lemikhiqizo eyaziwa kakhulu ihlala ngaphansi kwesambulela se-Google.
Inhlangano entsha yezinkampani eziningi ilandelwa emva kweWarren Buffet yaseBerkshire Hathaway, lapho abaphathi behlonishwa kakhulu futhi inkampani ngayinye enikezelayo inikwe amandla amaningi okuzimela.
Ama-Alphabet
Ababambisene nabo be-Google uLarry Page no-Sergey Brin basebenzisa i-Alphabet, ngekhasi njenge-CEO noBrin njengomongameli. Ngenxa yokuthi manje baqhuba inkampani enkulu ebambe kakhulu (futhi ikakhulukazi ethule), bamisa ama-CEO amasha ngezinkampani ezinezinhlamvu ze-Alphabet.
I-Google yinkampani enkulu kakhulu yezinhlamvu zamagama. Manje i-Google iqukethe injini yokusesha nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezivame ukuhlotshaniswa ne-Google. Lokho kufaka phakathi Usesho lwe-Google, i- Google Amamephu , i- YouTube , ne- AdSense . I-Google iphinde ibe ne-Android nezinsizakalo ezihlobene ne-Android, njenge-Google Play. I-Google yiyona enkulu kunazo zonke izinkampani ezixhasayo ze-Alphabet ezinabasebenzi abayisishiyagalolunye kwabayisishiyagalolunye abasebenzi abasebenzela i-Google.
I-CEO ye-Google ngu-Sundar Photosi, osebenze kule nkampani (i-Google emikhulu) kusukela ngo-2004. Ngaphambi kokuthatha isikhundla se-CEO, u-Photosi ubeyinhloko yemikhiqizo. I-YouTube nayo ine-CEO ehlukile, uSusan Wojcicki, nakuba manje ebika ku-Photosi.
Okokuqala, izinkampani eziningi zezinhlamvu zezinhlamvu ze-Alphabet nazo zinegama "le-Google", njenge-Google Fiber, noma i-Google Ventures, kodwa liphinde liphinde lahlelwa emva kokuhlelwa kabusha kwezinhlamvu ze-Alphabet.
I-Google Fiber
I-Google Fiber ngumhlinzeki wesevisi ye-intanethi ye-intanethi ephezulu. I-Google Fiber itholakala kwinani elinganiselwe lamadolobha, kuhlanganise neNashville, Tennessee, i-Austin Texas ne-Provo Utah. Amakhasimende we-Google Fiber angathengisa amaphakheji wekhebula le-intanethi nama-TV ngamanani okuncintisana, nakuba imodeli yebhizinisi ingase ingabi nenzuzo njengezinhlamvu ze-Alphabet ezithemba.
Ngemuva kokuba yinkampani ehlukile ngaphansi kwe-Alphabet, ezinye izinhlelo zokunwetshwa kokuqala kwe-Google Fiber zapheliswa. Izindleko ezilindelwe ePortland Oregon nakwamanye amadolobha zigcinwe kuze kube nini nanini njengoba inkampani yamemezela ukuthi ifuna izindlela ezishibhile nezindlela ezintsha zokuletha i-intanethi ngesivinini esikhulu emadolobheni. I-fibre ithengwe nge-Webpass, ekhonza kuphela amafulethi nama-condos, maduzane ngaphambi kokumemezela ukubambezeleka kwabo ekukhuluseni kwe-Fiber.
Isidleke
I-Nest yinkampani ye-hardware ehileleke kakhulu kumadivaysi e-smart-home, eyaziwa njengengxenye ye- Intanethi yezinto . I-Google ithenge ukuqala ngo-2014 kodwa ayigcina njengenkampani ehlukanisiwe ngokweqile esikhundleni sokuqamba kabusha yonke imikhiqizo "i-Google." Lokho kwaba khona ukuhlakanipha njengezinkampani ze-Alphabet zalahlekelwa ilebula le-Google. I-Nest yenza i-Nest Smart Thermostat , ikhamera yokuphepha yangaphakathi nangaphandle okungabhekwa kusuka ku-smartphone yakho, kanye nomsila omusha ne-carbon dioxide detector .
Imikhiqizo ye-Nest isebenzisa i- platform ye-Weave ukuxhumana namanye amadivaysi nezinhlelo zokusebenza ngaphandle komndeni we-Alphabet.
I-Calico
I-Calico - emifushane ye-California Life Company - yi-Alphabet's search for a source of youth. Inkampani yocwaningo lwezokwelapha yasungulwa ngaphakathi kwe-Google ngo-2013 ngenhloso yokunciphisa ukuguga nokulwa nezifo ezihlobene nobudala. Namuhla i-Calico isebenzisa ezinye izingqondo eziqhakazile kakhulu kwezokwelapha, ukuthuthukiswa kwezidakamizwa, izakhi zofuzo kanye ne-biology, kanye neCalico kuhilelekile ocwaningweni nasethuthukweni kunokuba wenze imikhiqizo ebhekene nabathengi njengamanye ama-subsidiary of Alphabet.
Ngempela Sciences Life
Ngempela ngaphambili yayiziwa ngokuthi i- Google Life Sciences . Ngokuqinisekile futhi igatsha locwaningo lwezokwelapha. Le nkampani iklanyelwe i-watch ye-non-commercial watch-surveillance yocwaningo lwezokwelapha, futhi isimemezele ukusebenzisana nezinye izinkampani.
Ngempela usebenzisana noGlaxoSmithKline ukwakha i-Galvani Bioelectronics, inkampani ecwaninga ukwelapha okusha okusezingeni eliphezulu usebenzisa amatshitshi amancane aguqula izinzwa zokuguqula ezinye izifo. Ngempela usebenzisana nenkampani yezidakamizwa zaseFrance, iSanofi, ukwenza inkampani ehlolisisa ngesifo sikashukela ebizwa ngo-Onduo.
I-GV
I-Google Ventures iphinde ibhalwe njenge-GV, futhi iyinhlangano yezinkampani ezinkulu. Ngokutshala imali ekuqaleni, i-GV ingakhuthaza izinkampani ezintsha futhi ziyihlole ukuze zithole ukutholakala nge-Alphabet (njengoba kwenzeke ngemuva kokuthi i-GV itshalwe ku-Nest).
Izimali ze-GV zifake izinkampani zobuchwepheshe ezifana ne-Slack ne-DocuSign, izinkampani zabathengi ezifana ne-Uber ne-Medium, izinkampani zezempilo kanye nezenhlalakahle ezifana ne-23Me no-Flatiron Health, nezinkampani ze-robotics njenge-Carbon ne-Jaunt.
X Development, LLC
I-X yayibizwa ngokuthi i- Google X. I-Google X yayiyigatsha le-skunkworks eliyimfihlo eliyimfihlo elibhekene ne-Google elalibheke "ama-moonshots" njengezimoto zokuzishayela, amalensi oxhumana nawo aphilisa isifo sikashukela, ukuhlinzekwa kwemikhiqizo ye-drones, ama-kites enza amandla emoya, nesimo se-intanethi esinikezwa amandla nge-balloon.
CapitalG
I-CapitalG, eyaqala ukuphila njenge- Google Capital , inika izinkampani ezintsha, kufana ne-GV, okukhulunywe ngenhla. Umehluko wukuthi i-GV iyatshala ekuqaleni futhi i-CapitalG ikhetha izinkampani ezihamba kancane - izinkampani ezivele zifakaze ukuthi umqondo wazo usebenza futhi zikhula ibhizinisi. Ukutshalwa kwezimali ze-CapitalG kufaka izinkampani ozizwayo, njenge- Snapchat , i-Airbnb, i-SurveyMonkey, i-Glassdoor ne-Duolingo.
Boston Dynamics
I-Boston Dynamics yinkampani ye-robotics eyaqala njengesivinini esivela eMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Ziyaziwa ngokuchungechunge kwamavidiyo ngamarobhothi, njengama-robot ezinjengezilwane ezingasuswa futhi zilulame. I-Boston Dynamics ibhekene nekusasa elingalindelekile ku-Alphabet futhi lingathengiswa. Amanye amaphrojekthi kanye neenjini kakade abelwe kabusha ku-X. Boston Dynamics ivunyelwe ukudumazeka kuma-Alphabet ngoba okwamanje akhiqiza noma yikuphi okusemandleni okusebenza okusebenzayo.
I-Boston Dynamics ingaba yicala lokuhlelwa kabusha kwezinhlamvu ze-Alphabet, kodwa ezinye izinkampani ezikhishwe ku-Google / Alphabet, kuhlanganise ne- Niantic , eyenza i-Ingress kanye negeyimu ye-Pokémon Go ethandwa kakhulu, uhlelo lokusebenza lweselula olusekelwe endaweni. I-Niantic kwesobunxele se-Alphabet ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuhlelwa kabusha kwe-Google / Alphabet. Esimweni sikaNiantic, ukunyakaza kwakungekhona ngoba inkampani yayingenalutho noma yayingenaso umbono oqinile. I-Niantic yinkampani yemidlalo , kuyilapho i-Google / i-Alphabet igxila kumapulatifomu.