Google acquires Firebase (2014)
Google acquired Firebase, founded in 2011 as a real-time database and backend platform for mobile apps. The startup's synchronization model let developers add server-side backends without managing servers.
Firebase became Google's mobile development platform, kept its product identity, and was rebranded and integrated with Google Cloud.
Firebase grew into a core Google Cloud product used by millions of apps, an example of a developer tool that survived an acquisition intact.
Like Turso, Firebase was a developer platform acquired to slot into a larger cloud ecosystem while keeping its own product and community.
