About This Deal

Alphabet acquired SayNow, a transaction announced in January 2011.

SayNow operates in Voice / Communication, is based in United States. SayNow built a voice-messaging platform enabling voice messages, one-to-one and group calls integrated into social networks and mobile apps. Google folded its team into its voice efforts; days later, engineers combined SayNow technology with Twitter to launch a speak-to-tweet service during the 2011 Egyptian internet shutdown.

Expand Google's voice-communication capabilities; technology was used to build the speak-to-tweet service.

Deal Terms

Acquirer
Alphabet
Target
SayNow
Value
Not disclosed
Date
January 2011
Type
Acquisition
Status
Official-source — no SEC filing

Transaction Details

Target HQ
United States
Segment
Voice / Communication
Announced
January 25, 2011

In Their Words

We worked with a small team of engineers from Twitter, Google and SayNow, a company we acquired last week, to make this idea a reality.

Advisors

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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