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X is a moonshot factory. Our mission is to invent and launch breakthrough technologies that we hope could make the world a radically better place.

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201-500 employees

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Mountain View, CA

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Moonshots, Innovation, Deep tech explorations, and Solving some of the world's biggest problems

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The electric grid is a vast, complex engineering marvel that connects us all. But it was built more than a century ago and is no longer equipped to meet today’s energy demands—especially when it comes to the adoption of renewable resources like wind and solar. As Tapestry’s Ravi Jain argues in a new whitepaper, the transformation of our power grid to digital is not a matter of “if,” but “how fast.” Published in partnership with Alexina Jackson and Colleen Lueken from The AES Corporation, “An Architecture for the Digital Grid” outlines a vision for a secure digital grid that we can move to safely, reliably, and affordably. Inspired by the internet, it outlines the structures, interactions and infrastructure that will be needed to make the transition to a digital grid and the critical role of AI in this process. Read the whitepaper here: https://lnkd.in/gRxszhfQIndustry experts are invited to share their comments via this form: https://lnkd.in/ggJAPq6E
It’s #ClimateWeekNYC, a chance for climate industry leaders and innovators from all over the world to come together and explore solutions for addressing this global crisis. This year’s Climate Week theme is “It’s Time,” which speaks to the urgency with which we need to act. More than 50 percent of our portfolio is focused on climate, and some of our leaders will be in New York City this week sharing updates from our projects and meet with potential collaborators. Hope to see you there!
This #ZeroEmissionsDay, we’re spotlighting Tapestry, X’s moonshot for the electric grid. Today, 25 percent of global emissions come from the electric grid. Tapestry is building AI-powered tools to help accelerate our transition to clean and reliable energy sources. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ebN-E6sd
Tapestry, X’s moonshot for the electric grid, has been collaborating with Chile’s Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional for the past several years to help the country meet its ambitious goal of transitioning to clean energy by 2050. CEN’s grid planners are now deploying Tapestry for their annual transmission planning process, which is how they assess the country’s energy needs 20 years into the future and determine how to invest hundreds of millions in grid improvements. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gsRZtz2h
Thank you, Fast Company, for recognizing the Moonshot Factory on your 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators list! We are honored to win the Sustained Excellence Award. For the last 14 years, X has been home to mission-driven innovators who are creating world-changing technologies and businesses. If you’re inspired to join our team and solve tomorrow’s problems with technology, check out our open roles: https://lnkd.in/gDcTrEV
Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller recently spoke with Simon Sinek about fostering radical innovation at X. Astro shares: "For a moonshot to actually be a moonshot, it has to be beyond hard, stretch the limits of our imagination, and have a very high chance of failure." Listen to the full episode 👇

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PODCAST 🎙️: Before Elon Musk rebranded Twitter, X was already in use — at Google. X, the moonshot factory was Google’s secret research lab, where Google’s most imaginative ideas came to life. As CEO and co-founder, Astro Teller’s job is to harness X’s wildest, most futuristic technology to solve the world’s hardest problems. The same “moonshot factory” that created Google Brain and Waymo self-driving cars is also working on carbon capture, laser-beam Internet, delivery drones, and more. I sat down with Astro to discuss how we build cultures of radical innovation. He shares some useful wisdom about unlearning what we know and why the counterintuitive approach is the key to landing moonshots. 🎧 Listen to our full conversation wherever you get your podcasts: https://lnkd.in/dS6TG2MH
“Tidal takes a very Googley approach…a combination of sensors, robotics, data science, and AI is designed to give farmers a fuller picture of their harvests.”TechCrunch reporter Brian Heater looks at what’s next for our most recent graduate, and the tools Tidal has developed to help fish farmers make more sustainable decisions:https://lnkd.in/gT9JnCAT
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We’re celebrating our 9th birthday this month 🎉 Verily was born in 2015 at Google X, the moonshot factory to tackle health’s biggest challenges by developing tools, services and software to help customers across the healthcare ecosystem. This experimentation-centric approach led to innovations at the intersection of health and tech. Today, our focus on solutions in the areas of research, care and public health has led to new approaches that make healthcare more personalized and precise. Learn about #LifeAtVerily: https://veri.ly/about-us #PrecisionHealth
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🌟 BIG NEWS ALERT 🌟 Tidal launches from Alphabet Inc.’s X, the moonshot factory with funding from Perry Creek Capital, Kverva AS-backed Ichthus Venture Capital (IVC), and Futurum Ventures 🌊 “We see huge potential in the value that Tidal can offer farmers. Based on our deep industry knowledge and understanding, we are confident in Tidal’s capabilities and ability to succeed and provide solutions for key challenges and de-bottleneck growth opportunities within the aquaculture industry,” Mats Christopher Malvig, managing director with IVC, states to Undercurrent News. We have spent the past six years developing and scaling novel underwater perception technology to help revolutionize aquaculture space, and Tidal launched as an independent company this summer. The futures aquaculture technology is here, ready to secure sustainable production. Check out Undercurrent News’ article here: https://lnkd.in/dPPnGw8RCurious about Tidal and what we do? Read all about us here: https://www.tidalx.ai/news #Aquaculture #AI #Technology #Sustainability #Innovation

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