Teaming with the NBA Foundation to support HBCUs
Google is contributing up to $1M to the NBA Foundation to support career and development opportunities for Black youth
Saving water in L.A., one leaky toilet at a time
In water-scarce regions like California, every last drop counts. Yet millions of gallons of water are lost every year to a common, yet easily preventable, cause of water waste: leaky…
Google’s new Viger office is an homage to Montréal
Google first laid down roots in Québec in 2004, when three engineers worked out of shared coworking spaces no larger than vestibules — including me, I’m employee number five in…
Three years in: Our $1 billion Bay Area housing effort
The Bay Area is our home, and we’re helping our hometown communities solve challenging problems. In 2019, we committed $1 billion to help increase the Bay Area’s housing supply and…
Reuniting the historic Stonewall Inn
Photo of Stonewall Inn facade taken by CyArk during a documentation project in March, 2017. Learn more about the Stonewall Inn with CyArk on Google Arts & CultureThe Stonewall Inn…
Making our marketing, and Cannes, more accessible
Growing up as a child of deaf parents, Tony Lee, a designer on my team, says he always had one foot in the hearing world and one in the deaf…
Google acquires Raxium
Today we’re announcing that Google has acquired Raxium, an innovator in single panel MicroLED display technologies. The team at Raxium has spent five years creating miniaturized, cost-effective and energy efficient…
Our plans to invest $9.5 billion in the U.S. in 2022
Google’s offices and data centers provide vital anchors to our local communities and help us contribute to their economies. In the U.S., over the past five years, we’ve invested more…
Extending our support to Ukrainian startups
The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has been devastating to witness. Much like the rest of the international community, our response has evolved as the circumstances have developed. In addition…
Increasing Google’s investment in Poland
It has been over 15 years since we opened our first office in Poland. Back in those days, it had one room and could fit no more than three people.…