Google buys image recognition startup Moodstocks

The search giant Google has acquired Paris-based Moodstocks to bolster the image recognition features on smartphones.

  • Moodstocks is a Parisian startup that develops image recognition tools for smartphones,
  • The French startup Moodstocks co-founded by Denis Brule and Cedric Deltheil.
  • Moodstock’s API and SDK will be discontinued “soon” according to an announcement on the company’s homepage.
  • But Terms of the deal were not disclosed and it is not clear yet how much Google has paid for Moodstocks.

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