The 12 Most Expensive Acquisitions Made by Google

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11. Boston Dynamics

Price (estimated) – Over $500 million

One of the most exciting purchases Google made in 2014 is Boston Dynamics, for a rumored price that is more than $500 million. The company is known for its work in the field of robotics, building some really great projects that ended up winning international competitions.

The best known project Boston Dynamics has worked on is BigDog, a robot that was designed for the United States military with funding from DARPA, an agency of the Department of Defense known for cutting-edge technology research.

In December 2013, Google made a move to buy Boston Dynamics for its Google X endeavor. There, Google, or now Alphabet Inc., handles some pretty cool projects among which robotics fit right in. It’s going to be particularly interesting to see what these two giants are going to do together in the long run.

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