For other businesses with similar names, see X (disambiguation) § Companies.
X Development LLC
Logo since 2016[1]
Trade name
X
Formerly
Google X (2010–2015)
Company type
Division
Industry
Research and development
Founded
January 2010; 14 years ago (2010-01)
Founders
Sebastian Thrun
Yoky Matsuoka
Headquarters
Mountain View, California
,
United States
Key people
Astro Teller (CEO)
Products
Artificial intelligence
Computational neuroscience
Health care
Biotechnology
Parent
Google (2010–2015; 2022–present)
Alphabet (2015–2022)
Subsidiaries
Subsidiaries
SCHAFT
Industrial Perception
Redwood Robotics
Meka Robotics
Holomni
Bot & Dolly
Autofuss
Jetpac
Gecko Design
Flutter
DNNresearch
Website
x.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]
^ abGoldman, David. "Google X has a new logo and name". CNN Business. CNN. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^"X Development LLC". OpenCorporates. August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
^"X Development LLC - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^Langley, Hugh (January 10, 2023). "Google's moonshot factory is coming down to Earth". Business Insider. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^Rowan, David (October 31, 2013). "Astro Teller of Google[x] wants to improve the world's broken industries". Wired UK. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
^"Secret Google lab 'rewards failure'". Newsnight. BBC. January 24, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
^Stone, Brad (May 22, 2013). "Inside Google's Secret Lab". Businessweek. Archived from the original on May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
^Miller, Claire Cain; Bilton, Nick (November 13, 2011). "Google's Lab of Wildest Dreams". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
^Astro Teller (July 23, 2016). "A Peek Inside the Moonshot Factory Operating Manual". The Team at X. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
^"The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure | Astro Teller". Retrieved April 24, 2018 – via YouTube.
^"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…
^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.
^ abGertner, 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.
XDevelopment LLC, doing business as X (formerly Google X), is an American semi-secret research and development facility and organization founded by Google...
The X Window System (X11, or simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems. X provides the basic framework...
offered technology transfer for the EJ200 engine and joint-development of a derivative for the TF-X program. During the visit of British Prime Minister Theresa...
component of DirectX, it is common to see the names "DirectX" and "Direct3D" used interchangeably. The DirectX software development kit (SDK) consists...
diagnosis is reached. Pentasomy X is not inherited but rather occurs via nondisjunction, a random event in gamete development. In rare cases, it may be related...
promulgated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In general, to transform a raw variable, say x {\displaystyle x} , into a unit-free index between...
which is based on the original 1.x codebase and Ogre Next (also called Ogre2), which is based on the 2.xdevelopment efforts. Earth Eternal Gazebo simulator...
As used here, an experimental or research and development aircraft, sometimes also called an X-plane, is one which is designed or substantially adapted...
Generation X (often shortened to Gen X) is the demographic cohort following the Baby Boomers and preceding Millennials. Researchers and popular media...