Alphabet Inc. is a multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in 1998 as a subsidiary of Google. It is best known for its ownership of Google, as well as its other investments in technology companies. Alphabet is the parent company of Google, Calico, DeepMind, Waymo, Fiber, and other subsidiaries. The company's mission is to "organize the world's information" and make it universally accessible and useful. Alphabet is headquartered in Mountain View, California.