X Development

<p>X Development LLC, <a href="/facts/Doing_business_as/0tbWP1Sn">doing business as</a> X (formerly Google X), is an American semi-secret <a href="/facts/Research_and_development/2h5UddUu">research and development</a> facility and organization founded by <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a> in January 2010. X has its headquarters about a mile and a half from Alphabet's corporate headquarters, the <a href="/facts/Googleplex/XUQloArc">Googleplex</a>, in <a href="/facts/Mountain_View%2c_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, California</a>.
</p><p>X's mission is to invent and launch "moonshot" technologies that aim to make the world a radically better place. A moonshot is defined by X as the intersection of a big problem, a radical solution, and breakthrough technology. Work at X is overseen by entrepreneur scientist <a href="/facts/Astro_Teller/Tv6R4Jdh">Astro Teller</a>, as CEO and "Captain of Moonshots". The lab started with the development of <a href="/facts/Self-driving_car_project_(Google)/7BVtuwXz">Google's self-driving car</a>.
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X Development