Google set to snap up Looker

Google is to acquire analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion and add it to Google Cloud.

The venture has raised more than $280 million and has snagged such retail customers as SilkFred and Five Guys.

“Joining Google Cloud means our ability to affect this mega change is greatly accelerated. The combination of its  BigQuery and associated data infrastructure and Looker’s platform for innovative data solutions will reinvent what it means to solve business problems with data at an entirely different scale and value point,” says Frank Bien, CEO at Looker.

“Together, we’ll have better reach, more resources, and the brightest minds in both analytics and cloud infrastructure working together to build an exciting path forward for our customers and partners. The mission that we undertook as Looker is a giant one - and with Google Cloud, our ability to complete that mission is significantly enhanced.”

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