Google

!Each letter of"Google"is colored \(from left to right\) in blue, red, yellow, blue, green, and red. Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in internet-based services and products, including its dominant search engine, online advertising platforms, cloud computing, the [[Android (operating system)|Android]] mobile operating system, hardware, and artificial intelligence technologies. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin as a Stanford University project employing the [[PageRank]] algorithm to index and rank web pages, the company expanded into a broad digital ecosystem and was restructured in 2015 as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., with headquarters in Mountain View, California, and CEO Sundar Pichai since that year.[](https://www.google.com/about/our-story/)

Google LLCis an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by BBC, and is one of the world's most valuable brands. Google's parent company Alphabet Inc. has been described as a Big Tech company.