Astro Teller

Astro Teller, director of Alphabet's moonshot factory, X, distinguishes pointless failure from the kind of failure that leads to insights that can accelerate innovation. He ...

Astro Teller, director of the moonshot factory at Alphabet known simply as X, explains how he is a "culture engineer" and how he systematizes innovation ...

Astro Teller, director at X, talks about how failure is not only accepted within Alphabet's moonshot factory, but how teams that kill their ambitious projects ...

Alphabet's Astro Teller describes the "pre-mortem," an exercise used by organizations to identify possible pitfalls it may encounter. Teams imagine in great detail that a ...

Astro Teller says the momentum within X, Alphabet's moonshot factory, depends on teams discovering as fast as possible if something is a bad idea, so ...

"We're looking for things that can have a huge, meaningful impact on the world within about five to 10 years," says Astro Teller, director of Alphabet's ...

Astro Teller explains how the audaciousness of an idea for generating electricity once shared in Alphabet's moonshot factory outweighs its impracticality in his mind. He ...

While Google's holding company, Alphabet, enjoys all the wealth of the search engine's success, Astro Teller insists that vast sums of money aren't needed to ...

In conversation with Stanford Engineering Dean Persis Drell, panelists Steve Jurvetson, Christina Smolke, and Astro Teller unpack the concerns and opportunities created for society by ...

Panelists Christina Smolke, Steve Jurvetson, and Astro Teller discuss the importance for individuals and teams to blend process learning, domain expertise, and life experience to ...

In conversation with Stanford Engineering Dean Persis Drell, Christina Smolke, Astro Teller, and Steve Jurvetson articulate critical skills for this volatile century, including knowing how ...

In conversation with Stanford Engineering Dean Persis Drell, DFJ's Steve Jurvetson and X's Astro Teller discuss the challenges and understanding present in working with government ...

Panelists Astro Teller, Christina Smolke, and Steve Jurvetson explain why passion, plus non-traditional approaches to robotics, sensors, and software, are shaping breakthroughs in numerous fields, ...