Niantic
Niantic, Inc.
ナイアンティック

Niantic logo
Founded 2010
Headquarters San Francisco, California
Type Private
Owner(s) Google (2010–2015)
Scopely (2025–present)
Industry Video games
Website

Worldwide: nianticlabs.com

Niantic, Inc. (Japanese: ナイアンティック Niantic) is an American game development company best known for developing the augmented reality games Pokémon GO and Ingress. It was founded as Niantic Labs in 2010 as a startup within Google by John Hanke, who remained the company's CEO.[1] In August 2015, the company announced plans to become independent, which it did in October 2015, as Niantic, Inc.[2][3] Following the announcement of Pokémon GO in September 2015, the company announced it had received an investment of up to $30 million from The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, and Google.[4]

On March 12, 2025, Niantic, Inc. announced that they had sold their games business to the mobile game company Scopely for $3.5 billion. This purchase included the games Pokémon GO, Pikmin Bloom, and Monster Hunter Now, as well as the development teams for each.[5][6][7] Simultaneously, their geospatial AI business would be spun off into a new company called Niantic Spatial, Inc., led by John Hanke as CEO. The acquisition was completed on May 29, 2025, with Niantic, Inc. now operating their games and apps as a part of Scopely.

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References

  1. ↑ Inside the Mind of Google's Greatest Idea Man, John Hanke - Inc.com
  2. ↑ Google-Incubated Niantic, Maker of Ingress, Stepping Out on Its Own - Wall Street Journal
  3. ↑ Employment Opportunities - Niantic
  4. ↑ Niantic Inc. Raises $20 Million in Financing from The Pokémon Company, Google and Nintendo | Niantic
  5. ↑ Niantic - announcement of selling Niantic games to Scopely
  6. ↑ Scopely - announcement of acquiring Niantic games
  7. ↑ Pokémon GO site - announcement of moving to Scopely
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