Checks, the AI-powered data protection project incubated in Area 120, officially ‘exits’ to Google
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/03/checks-the-ai-powered-data-protection-project-incubated-in-area-120-officially-exits-to-google/
After Google cut all but three of the projects at its in-house incubator Area 120 and shifted it to work on AI projects across Google, one of the legacy efforts — coincidentally also an AI project — is now officially exiting to Google. Checks, an AI-powered tool to check mobile apps for compliance with various privacy rules and regulations, is moving into Google proper as a privacy product aimed at mobile developers.
Checks originally made its debut in February 2022, although it was in development for some time before that. In its time at Area 120, it became one of the largest projects in the group, co-founders Fergus Hurley and Nia Castelly told me, with 10 people fully dedicated to it and a number of others contributing less formally. The founders’ job titles under Google will now respectively be GM and Legal Lead for Checks.