X Development

For other businesses with similar names, see X (disambiguation) § Companies.

X Development LLC
X
FormerlyGoogle X (2010–2015)
Company typeDivision
IndustryResearch and development
FoundedJanuary 2010; 14 years ago (2010-01)
Founders
Headquarters
Mountain View, California
,
United States
Key people
Astro Teller (CEO)
Products
Parent
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries
  • SCHAFT
  • Industrial Perception
  • Redwood Robotics
  • Meka Robotics
  • Holomni
  • Bot & Dolly
  • Autofuss
  • Jetpac
  • Gecko Design
  • Flutter
  • DNNresearch
Websitex.company

X Development LLC,[2][3][4] doing business as X (formerly Google X),[1] is an American semi-secret research and development facility and organization founded by Google in January 2010.[5][6] X has its headquarters about a mile and a half from Alphabet's corporate headquarters, the Googleplex, in Mountain View, California.[7][8]

X's mission is to invent and launch "moonshot" technologies that aim to make the world a radically better place.[9] A moonshot is defined by X as the intersection of a big problem, a radical solution, and breakthrough technology.[10] Work at X is overseen by entrepreneur scientist Astro Teller, as CEO and "Captain of Moonshots".[11][12][13] The lab started with the development of Google's self-driving car.[13]

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  9. ^ Astro Teller (July 23, 2016). "A Peek Inside the Moonshot Factory Operating Manual". The Team at X. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  10. ^ "The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure | Astro Teller". May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2018 – via YouTube.
  11. ^ "Introduction to Project Glass". Google+: Project Glass. April 4, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2013 – via Google. A group of us from Google[x] started Project Glass to build this kind of technology…
  12. ^ Shontell, Alyson (September 18, 2013). "Meet The Mastermind Behind Driverless Cars, Glass And More: Google's 'Chief Of Moonshots,' Astro Teller". Business Insider. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  13. ^ a b Gertner, Jon (April 15, 2014). "The Truth About Google X: An Exclusive Look Behind The Secretive Lab's Closed Doors". Fast Company. Retrieved April 17, 2014.