Advisory Board May 28, 2019
Editor’s note: This story was updated on May 28 to include several recent high-profile moves by the company
Do you think you understand the full scope of Google’s ambitions in health care?
Think again. The tech giant’s health efforts—through its own projects and those of its parent company, Alphabet—are so far-reaching and ambitious that almost no one can keep track of them all.
There’s Google Brain, focused on deep learning; Google Fit, dedicated to wearables; and Nest, a home automation brand. Then there are the independent teams within Alphabet, such as anti-aging company Calico, life-sciences research arm Verily, and data-storage platform Google Cloud—all of which have aspirations in health care.
And that’s not all. GV, Alphabet’s venture capital arm formerly...
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