According to the sources, the deal is almost finalized.
But after Rubin left, the company lost its direction.
In addition, tension had risen between Alphabet and the team of engineers at Boston Dynamics.
Toyotas purchase of Boston Dynamics was referred to by a former employee as a friendly buyout.
Its mission is to do research in the fields of artificial intelligence and robotics.
Pratt used to work with Boston Dynamics CEO and founder Marc Raibert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In 2014, tensions started brewing between Google and Boston Dynamics, as Rubin had left the company.
Rubin allowed Boston Dynamics to carry out its own research, and resisted Googles intentions to create consumer products.
source: www.techworm.net
