About Astro
Astro Teller is the co-founder and CEO of X, Alphabet's moonshot factory, overseeing the creation of breakthrough technologies aimed at solving major global challenges. His work has resulted in multiple companies becoming independent Alphabet entities or key Google products. He previously founded and led BodyMedia, a wearable body monitoring company; Cerebellum Capital, a hedge fund using statistical machine learning; and other tech ventures. He holds degrees in computer science and artificial intelligence from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, and has taught at Stanford University.
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AuthorEntrepreneurScientistSpeakerBusiness Leader / ExecutiveEngineer / InventorMoonshotsCreativityInnovationArtificial Intelligence
Known for
- co-founding and leading X
- Alphabet's moonshot factory
- creating breakthrough technologies to solve world's hardest problems
- overseeing moonshots that became Alphabet companies and key Google products
- work in artificial intelligence
- novels Exegesis and Among These Savage Thoughts
- non-fiction work Sacred Cows co-authored with wife Danielle Teller
- directing Google X
- BodyMedia
- wearable technology
- experimental technology projects
- directing Google X since 2010, projects including Google Glass, self-driving cars, contact lenses
- co-founder and chairman of BodyMedia, makers of wearable devices
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