Loon

Loon was a company that developed and operated an internet network using high-altitude balloons to provide internet connectivity to remote and underserved areas.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news because it was shut down by its parent company, Alphabet, in 2021.

Latest on Loon

• How Red Balloon Aerospace is building India’s near-space infrastructure
• AIibaba Focuses on Agentic Commerce as AI Spending Balloons
• Agentic AI costs set to balloon fivefold by 2028
• Chinese Loongson processors have leaky caches, researchers find
• NASA will chase the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with balloons and a high-altitude jet
• Defense Business Brief: The enduring case for small USVs | Battleship costs balloon | Rainey joins Bain Capital
• [via Google DeepMind]
• Wikidata: Alphabet — capital ownership — Loon
• [via Alphabet Inc.]
• Wikidata: Alphabet Inc. — capital ownership — Loon

Connections

13 entities linked to Loon across the news graph.