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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by landryraccoon on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @04:23PM (#23159224)
These guys did pretty well for themselves:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokémon_Go

Niantic was spun off from Google.

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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by jeffbee on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @05:41PM (#23160269)
It was also acquired by Google, so it might not be the best example.
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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by kjgkjhfkjf on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @06:30PM (#23160855)
No, Niantic began as a "startup within Google". It wasn't an acquisition.
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Re:Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months by jeffbee on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @06:44PM (#23161003)
You're right, I was confusing the fact that the founder came in with an acquisition.
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