Welcome to Area 120,
Google’s in-house
incubator.

Welcome to
Area 120, Google’s
in-house incubator.

Many of Google's best ideas begin as experiments or passion projects. At Area 120, we work on 20% projects 100% of the time.

Portfolio

We drive curiosity to creation.

Area 120 teams work on new products, experiences, and services every day:

People

We build teams that build real stuff.

Good ideas can come from anywhere. At Area 120, we empower Googlers from all across the company to be entrepreneurial and creative in an environment that only Google can provide.

Highlights

We succeed when our teams succeed.

Take a deeper look at some Area 120 projects, entrepreneurs, and alumni:

Alumni

Rivet

Rivet was an easy-to-use reading app with 3,500+ books and advanced speech technology that let kids practice reading independently without getting stuck. Rivet is now becoming part of a Google Assistant experience for families to enjoy together.

Alumni

Chatbase

Chatbase provides AI-powered virtual agents to help companies improve their customer support. Virtual agents are created by analyzing millions past human-agent conversations. Chatbase became a part of Google Cloud in May 2019.

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Story

Byteboard co-founders recognized by Forbes

Sargun Kaur and Nicole Hardson-Hurley were named to the 2020 Forbes “30 Under 30 - Enterprise Technology 2020” list for their work on Byteboard.

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Alumni

Touring Bird

Touring Bird was a meta aggregator that helped users explore and compare in-destination experiences, tours, activities, and attraction ticket prices to help plan the perfect trip. Touring Bird was integrated into Google Travel in October 2019.

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Story

GameSnacks partners with Gojek

The Next Web detailed how GameSnacks made games work on slower connections, leading to a partnership with Gojek to reach users in Indonesia.

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Alumni

Kormo

Kormo is an app-based job marketplace for India, Bangladesh and Indonesia, where job seekers can build a profile and resume to find matching jobs. The team joined Google’s Next Billion Users organization in 2020.

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