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Astro Teller, ‘Captain of Moonshots,’ joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 this October
Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at Alphabet's "moonshot factory," X, will speak at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, October 27-29 in San Francisco. Register here.
We’re thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head of Alphabet’s X (aka the Moonshot Factory), will take the stage at Disrupt, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Under his leadership, X has birthed game-changing projects like Waymo(self-driving cars), Wing(delivery drones), and Loon(internet-beaming balloons). As AI blurs the line between science fiction and reality, Teller’s insights on how to think bigger, fail smarter, and build for impact couldn’t be more timely.
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