Google is a company.
Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products . An initial public offering ( IPO ) took place on August 19 , 2004 , and Google moved to its new headquarters in Mountain View , California , nicknamed the Googleplex . The Googleplex is the corporate headquarters complex of Google , Inc. and its parent company Alphabet Inc. , located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway in Mountain View , Santa Clara County , California , United States , near San Jose . Initial public offering . Initial public offerings are mostly used by companies to raise the expansion of capital , possibly to monetize the investments of early private investors , and to become publicly traded enterprises .