Niantic
Real-world AR games and spatial computing — explore the world together
Gaming
📍 San Francisco, CA
Founded 2010
Current Valuation
$9.0B
as of 2021-Q4
UNICORN
Niantic — founded by John Hanke as a Google-internal AR project before spinning out in 2015 — is the AR pioneer behind Pokémon GO, Ingress, and Pikmin Bloom. In March 2025 Niantic sold its gaming business to Scopely for $3.5B and refocused as Niantic Spatial, a visual-positioning-system platform for real-world AR.
Company Profile
Growth
Sold gaming business to Scopely for $3.5B in 2025; refocused on Niantic Spatial AR platform
Last Round
Series D — $300M (Dec 2021) · Lead: Coatue
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Founders & Key People
John Hanke
Investors
Coatue · Google · Spark Capital · Founders Fund · NetEase
Products
- Niantic Spatial (AR mapping/VPS)
- Pokémon GO (sold to Scopely 2025)
- Lightship AR platform
Competitors
Apple Vision Pro · Snap AR · Meta Reality Labs · Google AR
GamingARSpatial ComputingDecacorn
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2021-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.