Loon Stock
Loon is a global network of high altitude balloons used to provide stable internet coverage on the ground.
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About Loon Stock
Funding History
| April 2019 | $125M |
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Management
CEO
Alastair Westgarth
General Counsel
Jennifer T. Miller
Director Product Management
Mauro Goncalves Filho
CTO
Salvatore Candido
Trusted Strategy Execution
Nick Kohli
Head of Global Sales and Business Development
Anne Bray
Head Corporate Development
Manuel Etter
Head Of Marketing
Hana McTaggart
Head of Regulatory Affairs
Julie Kearney
Press
en - Nov, 17 2023
Sun Hung Kai Properties' flagship project TOWNPLACE WEST KOWLOON launches short-stay hotel service after success of long-term apartment leasetrib - Oct, 26 2022
Loon Mountain is getting a new chairlift and more skiable terraintrib - Sep, 16 2022
Google spinoff Aalyria salvages Project Loon technology for the US militarytrib - Sep, 13 2022
Google’s Loon Project Gets Resurrected. Without Google. Or BalloonsTechCrunch - Oct, 3 2021
Alphabet gives some Loon patents to SoftBank, open sources flight data and makes patent non-assertion pledgebusinessinsider - Oct, 2 2021
Google handed hundreds of patents tied to its failed internet balloon project Loon over to SoftBankfiercewireless - Oct, 2 2021
Loon donates balloon flight data to scienceweetracker - Sep, 18 2021
Project Loon’s Beam Tech Propels Taara’s Progress In The Congosbayareane - May, 28 2021
Alphabet moonshot Loon is jolted by layoffs – but employees are finding jobs with tech titantrib - Jan, 23 2021
Alphabet shuts down ambitious internet balloon project Looncoinspeaker - Jan, 23 2021
Alphabet Says Loon Is Not Profitable, Shuts It Downbit - Jan, 22 2021
Alphabet’s Internet Loon balloon dream burstsengt - Jan, 22 2021
Alphabet will 'wind down' Loon's internet-broadcasting balloonscnb - Jan, 22 2021
Alphabet cancels Loon, project to beam internet to earth from balloonsnews - Jan, 22 2021
The Briefing: Alphabet Shutters Loon, SafetyWings Lands Series A, And Morereuters - Jan, 22 2021
Alphabet shutting Loon, which used balloon alternative to cell towerstheregister - Dec, 4 2020
Alphabet's internet Loon balloon kept on station in the sky using AI that beat human-developed control codebit - Dec, 3 2020
Google's AI can keep Loon balloons flying for over 300 days in a rowbit - Dec, 3 2020
New AI-Based Navigation Helps Loon’s Balloons Hover in Placedlvr - Oct, 29 2020
Alphabet’s Loon claims stratospheric flight record of 312 daysiphoneincanada - Sep, 9 2020
Solar-Powered ‘Floating Cell Tower’ Spotted Over Vancouver Islandmedium - Sep, 2 2020
Loon’s Balloon-Powered Internet Might Not Be a Loony Idea After All9to5google - Jun, 4 2020
Google looking to provide support services for satellite internet providers: job listingweetracker - May, 15 2020
Can Balloons Lift Africa Out Of Its Internet Struggles?weetracker - May, 15 2020
Can Balloons Lift Africa Out Of Its Internet Struggles?reuters - May, 13 2020
Alphabet's Loon and S.Africa's Vodacom to expand rural internet in Mozambiquedaytondailynews - May, 13 2020
High-flying balloons to boost northern Mozambique's internetTechCrunch - May, 6 2020
Alphabet’s Loon partners with AT&T to extend coverage globally in case of disasterstechinafrica - May, 1 2020
Loon deploys first internet connectivity balloon for commercial launch in KenyaTechCrunch - Apr, 21 2020
Alphabet’s Loon deploys internet connectivity balloons to Kenya for first commercial service launchTechCrunch - Feb, 6 2020
Alphabet’s Loon and SoftBank’s HAPSMobile turn solar-powered drones into flying cell towersreuters - Dec, 13 2019
Alphabet's Loon agrees airspace deal with Uganda for internet balloon serviceduluthnewstribune - Dec, 3 2019
Our View: Heed mixed biz barometercontxto - Nov, 28 2019
Google + Peruvian Telefónica = internet balloons?sifted - Nov, 27 2019
Week in corporate innovation: scars, dark kitchens and balloon internetstartribune - Nov, 25 2019
Minnesota Chamber study finds mixed-bag economygo - Nov, 24 2019
Whoa! Google to power Amazon's internet. Wait, oh, not that Amazon. The other one. The rainforestForbes - Nov, 23 2019
Google’s “Loon” Internet Flies Into The Amazon After Connecting Kenyatelecompaper - Nov, 23 2019
Loon partners with Telefonica's 'Internet for all' to bring balloon-powered connections to Perunews - Nov, 23 2019
Loon’s autonomous balloons are bringing the internet to rural PeruTechCrunch - Nov, 21 2019
Alphabet’s Loon signs deal with Telefonica to provide internet to remote parts of the Amazontalkbusiness - Oct, 22 2019
NWA Tech Summit explores ‘what’s next, beyond next’jsonline - Aug, 9 2019
Report: Wisconsin under surveillance by stratospheric-balloon radarlaw - Jul, 30 2019
Google Settles IP Case Over High-Altitude Balloonscnet - Jul, 24 2019
Project Loon has been in the sky for 1 million hourswired - Jul, 24 2019
How Loon's Balloons Find Their Way to Deliver the Internetfiercewireless - Jul, 24 2019
Loon surpasses 1M hours milestone in stratosphereweetracker - Jul, 12 2019
Telkom Partners with Alphabet To Bring Project Loon To KenyaTechCrunch - Jul, 3 2019
Alphabet’s Loon balloons will get their first commercial trial in KenyaTechCrunch - Jul, 3 2019
Loon breaks its stratospheric balloon flight record with 223 days aloftfirstpost - Dec, 31 2017
A balloon that was tasked to provide high-speed internet as part of Google's Project Loon crashes in Kenyafirstpost - Dec, 31 2017
A Google Project Loon internet balloon crashes in Kenyathefastmode - Dec, 18 2017
Alphabet, Nokia Partner for Project Loon in Puerto Ricotechrepublic - Dec, 16 2017
Alphabet's X partners with Indian telecom to bring high-speed wireless to millionsgizmodo - Dec, 16 2017
Alphabet Puts Project Loon Balloon Tech in ‘Boxes’ to Bring Light Beam Internet to Indiazdnet - Dec, 15 2017
Alphabet, Indian state partner to deploy new wireless internet techfiercewireless - Dec, 15 2017
Nokia LTE technology takes flight with Project Loon in Puerto Ricorecode - Dec, 7 2017
Alastair Westgarth is the man with the internet balloonscbinsights - Apr, 30 2017
New Patent Reveals Airbnb’s China Ambitionsbgr - Apr, 27 2017
Apple could launch satellite-based internet servicesgreentechmedia - Apr, 6 2017
Mike Cassidy, Former Director of Alphabet’s X Research Lab, Launches a Modular Nuclear Startupbloomberg - Apr, 3 2017
Former Google Vice President Starts a Company Promising Clean and Safe Nuclear Energybusinessinsider - Mar, 18 2017
10 things in tech you need to know todaybloomberg - Mar, 10 2017
Alphabet Swaps Project Loon Leaders After Six-Month Stint for Latest CEOcio - Feb, 27 2017
Kite-surfing could put rural Brits onlinecio - Feb, 27 2017
Kite-surfing could put rural Brits onlineitworld - Feb, 27 2017
Kite-surfing could put rural Brits onlineandroidauthority - Feb, 24 2017
Google’s Project Loon can now use fewer balloons to offer internet accessjapantoday - Feb, 24 2017
Can internet-beaming balloons outmaneuver shifting winds?cio - Feb, 23 2017
Kite-surfing could put rural Brits onlinecnet - Feb, 23 2017
Project Loon, Alphabet's Wi-Fi-beaming moon shot, still flyingtechtimes - Feb, 21 2017
Remember Google's Project Loon? Breakthrough Could Speed Up The Launch Of Alphabet's Internet-Providing Balloonseweek - Feb, 21 2017
Alphabet Claims Balloon Powered Internet Project Making Big Progresslondonlovesbusiness - Feb, 21 2017
Google “years closer” to rolling out net balloonstechspot - Feb, 21 2017
Project Loon now needs far less balloons to deliver the Internet, thanks to machine learningextremetech - Feb, 21 2017
Project Loon uses machine learning to make internet balloons ‘dance on the wind’cbsnews - Feb, 21 2017
Can Google's internet-beaming balloons beat the wind?tech - Feb, 20 2017
Google’s plan to stream internet from balloons now seems 100x more likely thanks to AI breakthroughcomputerworld - Feb, 20 2017
Project Loon: Coming soon(ish) to an area probably not near youeconomictimes - Feb, 20 2017
Google to soon provide internet in rural areas through balloonsphandroid - Feb, 20 2017
Machine learning to reduce Project Loon’s balloon deployment costs by 90%businessinsider - Feb, 19 2017
Alphabet's internet balloons just got a big upgradebusinessinsider - Feb, 19 2017
Alphabet's internet balloons just got a big upgradetheverge - Feb, 19 2017
Alphabet no longer wants to blanket the earth with internet balloonsslashgear - Feb, 17 2017
Project Loon now needs less balloons to deliver the Internetwired - Feb, 17 2017
Machine Learning Invades the Real World on Internet BalloonsTechCrunch - Feb, 16 2017
How Google’s Project Loon balloons learned to loiter9to5google - Feb, 16 2017
Project Loon ditches plans to cover the globe w/ ‘constant stream’ of balloons [Video]tech - Feb, 16 2017
The Internet Is Reaching Our Skies, and This Partnership Will Helpbusinessinsider - Feb, 8 2017
NASA drones could provide better weather datatheverge - Jan, 30 2017
Alphabet lost a billion on its moonshots this quarterbbc - Jan, 27 2017
Google confirms end of internet drone projectcbsnews - Jan, 19 2017
Google's "moonshot" projects are crashing to earthbusinessinsider - Jan, 17 2017
Facebook and Alphabet's dreams of internet drones are crashing into a turbulent realityarkansasonline - Jan, 17 2017
Fayetteville firm sees high-flying market for laser technologyneowin - Jan, 16 2017
Google's internet drone Project Titan has come to an endcio-asia - Jan, 15 2017
Alphabet says balloons beat drones for internet deliverydigit - Jan, 14 2017
Alphabet shuts down Titan solar-powered drone project: Reportbusinessinsider - Jan, 14 2017
Google killed its solar-powered internet-drone programtechworld - Jan, 12 2017
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