edwards-lifesciences x google

Edwards Lifesciences is an American medical technology company headquartered in [Irvine, California](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvine,_California), specializing in tissue heart valves and transcatheter technologies for structural heart disease. Founded by Miles Lowell Edwards in 1958, the company invented the first successful artificial heart valve (the Starr-Edwards valve) and pioneered transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with its [SAPIEN 3](https://www.edwards.com) platform. The company is listed on the NYSE (EW) and is an S&P 500 component.

Google (Alphabet, NASDAQ: GOOGL) develops AI, cloud computing, and autonomous driving technology. [Waymo](/companies/waymo) is Alphabet's autonomous driving division. Google's DeepMind leads AI research, and Google Cloud provides AI infrastructure for robotics and physical AI companies.