Alphabet today announced that it is calling it quits on its efforts to build and monetize its Makani wind energy kites. Makani, which was founded in 2006, came into Google/Alphabet seven years ago as
Google's 'Captain of Moonshots' Astro Teller admitted to a packed crowd at SXSW that a number of Google[x] projects have experienced a series of "bumps and scrapes" over the last five years. But he al
Back in November, I had a chance to visit Google’s Mountain View headquarters to chat with Astro Teller, the head of Google X’s so-called “moonshot” projects, about the past, present, and futu
During his appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt NY today, Google's "Captain of Moonshots" Astro Teller briefly talked about Project Loon, the Google X project that uses stratospheric balloons to bring Int
Astro Teller gave a keynote at Disrupt NY to talk about what he’s doing. He is the head of Google’s forward-looking innovation lab, Google X. The team is responsible for the self-driving c
At TechCrunch Disrupt NY this morning, Google X's "Captain of Moonshots" Astro Teller sat down with TechCrunch co-editor Matthew Panzarino for a brief discussion about Google X and Google Glass, with