Astro Teller

Headshot portrait image of technology pioneer Astro Teller, director of Google X, seen in an office biulding in front of a grey wall, smiling at the camera.

Google X

Dr. Astro Teller oversees Alphabet’s moonshot factory X, which has spawned Waymo autonomous car, Verily Life Sciences, Google Brain and Wing delivery drones. Before joining Google’s parent company Alphabet, Astro was the co-founding CEO of Cerebellum Capital and the co-founding CEO of BodyMedia, a pioneer of wearable body monitoring systems.

Videos

WIRED editor Greg Williams (left) and Astro Teller, head of Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, speak at the DLD Munich 2025 conference. Video preview of their talk.

Challenge Impossible: Lessons Learned From 15 Years of Moonshot Taking

Wild ideas, radical innovation, and succeeding against all odds lie at the heart of this fascinating DLD25 conversation between Astro Teller, head of Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory X, and WIRED editor Greg Williams. Founded…
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DLD Munich 2025

Europe’s leading innovation conference celebrates its 20th anniversary from January 16-18, 2025, in Munich. Find out about speakers, location details and how to attend…
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