Niantic was a Google internal startup that was spunoff in late 2015 so it could take $30m investment from Google, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company (and later a $5m series A)
The takeaway is that Google has a whole lot of skin in the game and really wouldn't allow such an exclusive deal like you might speculate.
The takeaway is that Google has a whole lot of skin in the game and really wouldn't allow such an exclusive deal like you might speculate.