Google has acquired cloud training startup Qwiklabs. provides hands-on lab learning environments for leading cloud platforms and infrastructure software vendor. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Over half a million users have collectively spent over 5 million hours learning cloud technology through our platform on Qwiklabs since its inception in 2o12.
Jason Martin,
We’re focused on offering the most comprehensive, efficient, and fun way to train and onboard people across all our products on Google Cloud, including Google Cloud Platform and G Suite. We want to help businesses get the most out of their cloud investment and, with Qwiklabs, we’ll give users a place to learn and expand their cloud skills to deliver more innovation, more features and more efficiency for their customers.
Qwiklabs wrote in a blog post,
We plan to continue to offer lab learning credits and subscriptions for sale on Qwiklabs.com. Owners of existing credits and subscriptions continue to enjoy the same access to our library of hands-on labs. Our partners who deliver instructor-led training sessions and events can continue to do so.