X, the moonshot factory

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 ??

“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

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

?? 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/dPPnGw8R Curious about Tidal and what we do? Read all about us here: https://www.tidalx.ai/news #Aquaculture #AI #Technology #Sustainability #Innovation

??How do you fit an exoskeleton into a pair of lightweight hiking pants? The latest episode of Arc'teryx's “Obsessive Design” series goes behind the scenes with X spinout Skip to show the making of the world’s first “e-bike for your body.” Built on technology first developed at X, Skip’s powered pants use sensors and AI to predict the support their customers need to walk, climb stairs, hike, and move around more easily. Learn more about the inspiration behind the design:

X Graduate Waymo shows what it’s *really* like to be driven around by robots (spoiler alert: extremely convenient, especially if you’re hoping to play saxophone in the backseat!). Take a look:

“Early wins are fun. Plucking low-hanging fruit is satisfying. Progress and momentum are awesome. But if you can’t solve the monkey, that progress goes to waste.” Journalist Jeff Haden highlighted one of the key pieces of advice from X Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller in a recent piece for Inc Magazine: Always start with the monkey. In other words, when pursuing an audacious goal, it’s often tempting to begin by tackling the easy parts. If you wanted to teach a monkey to recite Shakespeare on top of a pedestal, it might seem like it makes the most sense to build the pedestal first—a straightforward task to complete. But if you can’t train the monkey to speak the lines from those historic plays, all the time and energy spent constructing that pedestal will have been for nothing. Astro often invokes the monkey-and-pedestal metaphor when describing X’s approach to taking moonshots. Learn more about how Jeff applied this mindset to his own life: https://lnkd.in/gtaQ7p6M

This World Nature Conservation Day, we’re spotlighting the ocean, which covers 70% of the earth, provides half the oxygen we breathe, and produces food for billions. Our oceans are essential to sustaining life on this planet—but they’re under serious threat from overfishing, pollution, acidification, and climate change. Tidal, X’s moonshot for ocean health, is working to help change that with underwater perception technology that helps fish farmers move to more environmentally friendly practices. The team recently became an independent company focused on feeding humanity sustainably while protecting the ocean. Learn more about their work: https://lnkd.in/gEP9BQvm. #WorldNatureConservationDay

“After only an hour of living with robotic legs, I have zero doubt that mini exoskeletons like MO/GO will soon be an essential part of our lives—especially for those who have difficulty walking.” This week Skip unveiled the MO/GO, the world’s first piece of “powered clothing,” built using technology developed at X. In collaboration with outdoor gear company Arc'teryx, the MO/GO uses sensors and power to help people walk, hike, and climb stairs with ease—or, as Skip describes it, “an e-bike for your body.” Fast Company’s Global Design Editor, Mark Wilson, was one of the earliest people to try the MO/GO on for size. Here’s what he thought:?https://lnkd.in/dH__Fwqm.