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April 2022
How to Create a Moonshot Organization
Astro talks to entrepreneurs at the Abundance 360 conference about why exploration is more important that exploitation in the innovation process and how to set up your organization to drive more efficiently towards radical innovation outcomes. -
May 2020
2020 Commencement Speech
As Captain of Moonshots (CEO) at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, Astro Teller oversees teams inventing and launching audacious new technologies to help solve some of the world’s hardest problems. In his address, Astro reflects on how the class of 2020 is uniquely positioned -- more than any class we’ve seen in decades -- to unleash their secret superpowers and shape a radically better future for all of us. -
May 2019
Lasting Innovation is ethical innovation
One-on-one with the Captain of Moonshots at X, the birthplace of Waymo, Loon, Verily and more. In this discussion with Julie Hanna, find out why responsible innovation is a priority at X, and why ... -
January 2018
Abundance 360 - They're not listening to what you say
Astro talks to CEO's about how little their employees listen to the lip service of the company and what it takes to get them to really believe that you want them to take moonshots. -
October 2016
Secrets to Building a Diverse Dream Team
Keynote at the Grace Hopper Conference on how to bring out differences in people in surprising ways that lead to radically better solutions to the problems being worked on. -
April 2016
Entrepreneurship Thought Leadership invited talk at Stanford
How smart bets on world-changing innovations are aided by a culture that celebrates finding the biggest flaws. -
March 2016
AI vs. Superbabies!
At the first annual Silicon Valley Comic Con, Astro Teller and Danielle Teller debate whether humanity is more likely to be destroyed by AI or by genetic engineering. -
February 2016
TED talk on the unexpected benefit of celebrating failure
Astro talks about how to set up an innovation culture that makes learning central and changing directions natural. -
May 2015
Helping Moonshots Survive Contact with the Real World
New examples of how Google[x] works to accelerate learning at every project stage -
March 2015
Moonshots and Reality
South by Southwest Keynote on the Power of Failure -
October 2014
TEDxBoston - Sacred Cows
Our TEDx talk on the Sacred Cows of Marriage and Divorice -
May 2014
Getting Technology Out of the Way
Talk at New York Disrupt on Google[x] -
November 2013
10X Thinking
How Radical Progress Can be Easier Then Incremental Progress -
March 2013
Building a Moonshot Factory
Keynote at SXSW about Google[x] -
July 2012
Framing the Challenge with Technology
Keynote Debate at Google Ideas INFO Summit -
May 2012
Getting Started On a Big Idea
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November 2011
Building the Impossible
Talk at Atmosphere 2011 about failures of imagination and how to keep them at bay -
June 2011
How to Drive Innovation Inside Organizations
Talk at Singularity University -
October 2010
Speech For Gifted High School Students
In Western PA -
March 2008
The Tip of the Iceberg
Keynote at the Digital Human Conference in Tokyo -
May 2006
Rethinking Telemedicine
Keynote address at American Telemedicine Association -
October 2005
The Power of "Us"
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June 2005
At Microsoft HQ
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October 2004
TedMed 2004
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April 2004
Idea City Conference
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June 2003
The Future of Body Monitoring
Lecture at TedMed 2003