Google

Google LLC, based in, California, is the developer and publisher of Android and Chrome OS, popular mobile and desktop operating systems based on Linux. Its competitors include Apple's iPadOS, iOS and macOS; and Microsoft's Windows. Google's self-titled search engine is a competitor to, which also powers the majority of searches.

History
Google was founded in September 1998 by and  while they were Ph.D. students at  in California. In 2015, the company was reorganized into a subsidiary of