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We are thrilled to herald that Astro Teller , the top dog honcho of Alphabet ’s X , the Moonshot Factory , will be joining us as a featured speaker atTechCrunch Disrupt 2025 , happening October 27 - 29 at Moscone West in San Francisco . The whole affair promises to be play filled and rife with intel and insights that you wo n’t require to neglect .
Astro Teller — whose official title is Captain of Moonshots — has been head up X since 2010 , where he oversees the company ’s challenging projects direct at lick some of the humanity ’s most challenging problems . On his vigil , X has build up such initiatives as ego - drive cars ( Waymo ) , delivery laggard ( Wing ) , net - beaming balloons ( Loon , which was latershut downbecause not everything works out ) , and other cutting - boundary technical school .
With a PhD from Carnegie Mellon and an undergraduate degree from Stanford , Teller has long been recognise for his ability to combine technical expertness with entrepreneurial acumen . He ’s also much more than an executive . Teller is an source offiction and nonfiction ; he ’s an enterpriser ( hefounded and solda startup that get a dead body - monitoring wearable ) ; and he expend several years running a hedge fund before getting pulled into Alphabet .
For our community of founder , investors , student , and other startup enthusiasts , Teller ’s coming into court could n’t come at a more polar moment . As AI reshapes industry and as the boundaries between science fable and reality continue to blur , his insights on moonshot thinking and foster founding are more relevant than ever . In fact , Teller ’s stance on failure — which is that it should be rewarded and chop-chop , making it safer to move on and succeed — has perhaps never been truer for laminitis navigating uncertainty .
Don’t miss Astro Teller’s insights at Disrupt 2025
We ’re certainly looking forward to sitting down with Teller and hearing his perspective on how founders can think bigger about the job they ’re solving and the impingement they aspire to create .
Do n’t overlook this rarefied chance to hear from one of the world ’s frontmost innovation leaders . Tickets for Disrupt are usable with saving of up to $ 900 on prize tag . show for yours nowbefore Early Bird price vanish out .
