Akwan Information Technologies was a search engine company based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, cofounded by Nivio Ziviani. It was acquired by Google on July 20, 2005. It was Google's first acquisition in Brazil. Akwan had the University of Minas Gerais and the Brazilian Fund for Capital as partners. It became Google's research and development center for Latin America.
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- "Google Continues International Expansion, Opens Offices in Latin America". Google. 2005-11-17. Archived from the original on 4 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- ^ "Google compra empresa brasileira de busca". Exame (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
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