Sidewalk Labs
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| Subsidiary of Alphabet | |
| Industry | Urban planning, infrastructure |
| Founded | June 10, 2015 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
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Key people
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Dan Doctoroff Rohit Aggarwala Craig Nevill-Manning |
| Parent | Alphabet Inc. (2015–present) |
| Subsidiaries | Intersection |
| Website | sidewalklabs |
Sidewalk Labs is Alphabet Inc.'s urban innovation organization. Its goal is to improve urban infrastructure through technological solutions, and tackle issues such as cost of living, efficient transportation and energy usage.
It is headed by Daniel L. Doctoroff, former deputy mayor of New York City for economic development and former chief executive of Bloomberg L.P. Other members include West Coast-based former Andreessen Horowitz junior partner Sam Gerstenzang; Anand Babu, ex-Google manager of Google Now software; and Craig Nevill-Manning, co-founder of Google's New York office and inventor of Froogle.
Sidewalk Labs led the acquisition of Control Group and Titan forming a subsidiary called Intersection. As the largest municipal media company in the U.S., Intersection cooperates with city governments to design media platforms that create public assets and serve the needs of advertising clients.
Intersection's first product is LinkNYC, which is turning 7,500 old public pay phones into kiosks delivering free gigabit Wi-Fi, video and voice calling, and access to emergency and other city services across New York City. Intersection is exploring bringing Link to other cities. In October 2016, Intersection collaborated with British internet provider BT and advertising agency Primesight to install links in London.
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