Alphabet acquired Firebase, a transaction announced in October 2014.
Firebase operates in Cloud / Developer tools, is based in San Francisco, California, USA. Firebase provides a backend-as-a-service that lets developers build web and mobile apps with a realtime database, user authentication, and hosting without managing servers. Google acquired the team to strengthen its developer platform and, over time, folded Firebase into Google Cloud as a unified app-development platform.
Expand Google Cloud Platform's mobile and web app development capabilities.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.