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Google Ideas think tank becomes tech incubator Jigsaw

We know Alphabet is working on driverless cars, and bringing Internet to far-flung corners of the world. Earlier this month when Alphabet reported quarterly results, we got a further glimpse into the Google parent’s many other businesses, or what it calls Other Bets. There’s life sciences and Google Fiber and Nest and biotech and more. But wait, there’s even more.

Google Ideas, created five years ago as a think tank to explore how tech might help address the many issues facing the world, is being expanded and rebranded as Jigsaw. Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt said in a Medium post Tuesday that Jigsaw is becoming a tech incubator that will invest in finding solutions to "the toughest geopolitical challenges."

By Levi Sumagaysay

Full Story: http://www.siliconbeat.com/2016/02/17/102249/

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