Homejoy, an online platform for booking homecleaning service, will cease operations at the end of July, Re/code reported Friday.

Google Inc. (GOOG) is hiring about 20 of Homejoy's product and engineering workers, the report said.

A $38 million funding round for Homejoy in late 2013 brought the company's total capital raised to $40 million.

Full story at http://recode.net/2015/07/17/google-hires-homejoys-technical-team-to-build-its-own-home-services-marketplace/

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