Google Nest is owned by Alphabet (the United States, NASDAQ: GOOGL), which acquired the brand on 12 February 2014 for $3.2 billion.[1][2] Google Nest was founded in 2010 in Palo Alto, California and was independent until 2014.
Evidence: Alphabet Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-05, SEC EDGAR, 5 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Nest was founded by two former Apple engineers who had worked on the iPod and applied the same design attention to a thermostat. Google acquired it in 2014 for $3.2 billion, and the name now covers the company's whole smart home range including cameras and speakers.
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Alphabet controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in internet & digital.
The 24 brands in connected devices on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Garmin, with 5; Alphabet has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| fēnix | Garmin | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Arlo | Arlo Technologies | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jiobit | Life360 | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Roku (streaming platform) | Roku | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ring | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Anker eufy | Anker Innovations | 🇨🇳 China |
| Xiaodu | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Wemo | FIT Hon Teng | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
Alphabet is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: GOOGL.
Alphabet was created in 2015 as a holding company above Google, separating the search and advertising business from ventures such as Waymo and Verily. Google itself was founded in 1998 by two Stanford graduate students, and advertising against search results still produces the overwhelming majority of the group's revenue.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Google Nest is not one of them.
Google acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in cash, buying a thermostat company founded by two former Apple engineers. The price startled the industry and marked Google's entry into hardware inside the home.
The parent company of Google Nest is Alphabet, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. Google Nest originated in the United States in 2010 and its owner, Alphabet, is also headquartered in the United States.
Alphabet completed its acquisition of Google Nest on 12 February 2014, after announcing the deal on 13 January 2014. The deal was valued at $3.2 billion.
Google Nest was an independent company from its founding in 2010 in Palo Alto, California until Alphabet acquired it in 2014.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Google Nest is still owned by Alphabet. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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