Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, said, “Today, we’re thrilled and excited to announce that we’re integrating Tableau, a leader in data visualization, with Looker. Since its inception, Looker has built a platform aimed at application developers, enabling organizations to go beyond traditional reports and deliver data through APIs, data models and embedded applications. And if companies like Tableau - a great partner of Google - are also interested in making working with data more simple, it’s a really good basis for collaboration.” said Gerrit Kazmaier, VP & GM for Databases, Google. Ultimately, everyone is benefiting if we’re solving the right problems overall. “I think that everyone who is solving for simplicity and working with data is a partner of Google. Looker was acquired by Google Cloud in June 2019 for $2.6 billion. Tableau users will soon be able to access Looker’s semantic layer, while Google’s Looker users will soon be able to use Tableau’s visualization layer on top of the Looker platform. Google Cloud recently unveiled its new integration between Looker and Tableau that will enable users of both analytics platforms to benefit from the unique strengths of each.