Astro Teller

Captain of Moonshots and Google X Laboratories

Astro Teller is an entrepreneur and scientist, with expertise in the field of intelligent technology. He is currently Captain of Moonshots (CEO) of X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory for building magical, audacious ideas that through science and technology can be brought to reality.

"A respected scientist and seasoned entrepreneur"

Topics

Future of AI
How to Create a Moonshot Organisation
Building a Moonshot Factory
Getting Started On a Big Idea
How to Drive Innovation inside Organisations

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

Astro is a passionate and dynamic speaker who provides worldwide audiences with innovative ideas from his current projects.

Publications

2014
Sacred Cows
2008
Among These Savage Thoughts
1997
Exegesis

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In Detail

Astro is also co-founder and a current Director of Cerebellum Capital, Inc, a hedge fund management firm whose investments are continuously designed, executed, and improved by a software system based on techniques from statistical machine learning. He was also the co-founder and CEO of BodyMedia, Inc, a leading wearable body monitoring company. He has successfully created and grown five companies and holds numerous U.S. patents related to his work in hardware and software technology. Astro’s work in science, literature, art, and business has appeared in international media from the New York Times to CNN to NPR’s All Things Considered. He holds a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Stanford University.

What he offers you

Astro Teller oversees the secret projects that could reshape our lives in coming decades. As expert on intelligent technology, Astro is uniquely qualified to explain the impact of Artificial Intelligence to corporate and conference audiences.