Niantic, Inc.

Niantic, Inc.
Formerly	Niantic Labs; (2010–2015);
Company type	Private
Industry	Video games; Technology;
Genre	Mobile applications; mobile games; alternate reality games; augmented reality games; location-based games;
Founded	2010
Founder	John Hanke
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Key people	John Hanke (CEO); Dennis Hwang (art director); Tatsuo Nomura (director);
Products	See § Products
Parent	Google (2010–2015); Scopely (2025–present)
Website	nianticlabs.com

Niantic, Inc. (/naɪˈæntɪk/ ny-AN-tik) is an American software development company and video game developer based in San Francisco. Niantic is known for developing the augmented reality mobile games Ingress and Pokémon Go. The company was formed as Niantic Labs in 2010 as an internal startup within Google. The company became an independent entity in October 2015 when Google restructured under Alphabet Inc. It was acquired by Scopely in 2025 with its non-video game business spun-off as Niantic Spatial.

Niantic has offices also in Bellevue, Sunnyvale, Seattle, Lawrence, Tokyo, London, Hamburg, and Zürich.