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Talks

  • 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

    At Singularity University
  • 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"

  • June 2005

    At Microsoft HQ

  • October 2004

    TedMed 2004

  • April 2004

    Idea City Conference

  • June 2003

    The Future of Body Monitoring

    Lecture at TedMed 2003
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