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Google Buys Nest: The $3.2 Billion Smart-Home Bet on Ambient Computing

Google's $3.2 billion Nest acquisition was a bet that the smart home would become a major computing platform. The deal delivered products, hardware talent, and a Google Home foundation, but required years of organizational rework.

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