Google Life Sciences Exodus
<i>Former employees, however, characterized Conrad in less complimentary tones. They said he exaggerates what Verily can deliver, launches big projects on a whim, and rashly diverts resources from prior commitments to the next hot idea that might bring in revenue.</i><p>This reminded me of the Bloomberg article about Boston Dynamics: (1)<p><i>But behind the scenes a more pedestrian drama was playing out. Executives at Google parent Alphabet Inc., absorbed with making sure all the various companies under its corporate umbrella have plans to generate real revenue, concluded that Boston Dynamics isn’t likely to produce a marketable product in the next few years and have put the unit up for sale</i><p>Is it safe to say that despite Google's founders' expansive visions of the future, the company is not really interested in expensive "moonshots" that might take many years to realize? It sounds like the robotics and medical innovation labs are really more focused on inventions that will bring in cash in the next few years.<p>1. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-17/google-is-said-to-put-boston-dynamics-robotics-unit-up-for-sale" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-17/google-is-...</a>