Alphabet Inc.'s GOOGL, -0.56% GOOG, -0.54% announced Thursday that it plans to acquire acquiring Looker, a business-intelligence and data-analytics company, for $2.6 billion in cash. The deal is Alphabet's first big acquisition since Google Cloud's chief executive Thomas Kurian joined the company from Oracle Corp. ORCL, +0.29% at the start of the year.
See Full Story Google agrees to pay big money for big-data startup Looker Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to make the fourth largest acquisition in the company’s history, announcing on Thursday its intent to purchase data and analytics company Looker for $2.6 billion in cash.
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