There are more details surfaced about the new company from Andy Rubin, the co-founder of Android. He will focus on startups that develop hardware for care. Rubin previously worked at Google.
Several US media write about the new company Rubin that Global Playground hot. So you know Fortune as first report that the company recently picked up $ 48 million investment. The Wall Street Journal later added to this that include Google and HP put money into Playground Global.
The support of the US-based Global Playground goes companies developing hardware for care. Apart Rubin are the board including former Microsoft employee Peter Barrett, WebTV founder Bruce Leak and Matt Hershenson, also a former Google, joined. Unlike other similar businesses Playground Global demands a share in the startups, but money.
This is the first time that crop up more information about Rubin’s new company. Rubin was the co-founder of the company Android, which was acquired by Google in 2005. In the eight years thereafter Android became the leading provider of mobile operating systems. All that time remained Rubin at the helm of the Android division of Google, until he became head of the robot division.
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