Anonymous ID: d37cf8 Feb. 9, 2023, 7:05 p.m. No.18317148   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>7174 >>7234 >>7344 >>7517 >>7649

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On July 11, 2018, X, Google's R&D facility, announced that Loon was "graduating", becoming an Alphabet subsidiary in its own right rather than a project of X.[22] As part of its first commercial

agreement with Telkom Kenya, Loon pledged to bring internet access to some of Kenya's most inaccessible regions,[23] to be live in 2019.[24]

 

On April 26, 2019, they formed a partnership and received funding from Softbank.[25]

 

Project closure

On January 21, 2021, it was announced that Loon would be shut down.[7] In his announcement, Teller said "Sadly, despite the teamโ€™s groundbreaking technical achievements over the last 9 years [โ€ฆ] the road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped."[29] In a WIRED article about the shutdown of Project Loon, reasons for the shutdown were speculated. In areas Loon intended to target, Internet availability had increased from 75% to 93% in the last 10 years. The remaining areas are primarily populated by those unable to afford a 4G phone.[30] Its pilot service in Kenya would be shut down in March 2021 but the company said it would pledge $10 million to support nonprofits and businesses in Kenya dedicated to "connectivity, Internet, entrepreneurship and education."[7]

 

So whos running this shit if it was shutdown?