Welcome to X, The Moonshot Factory.

Born at Google, we got our start creating the self-driving car. Since then, we’ve continued to bring sci-fi ideas into reality to help solve some of the world’s hardest problems.

self-driving cars
self-driving cars
snow globes for carbon capture
snow globes for carbon capture
light-beamed internet
light-beamed internet
molten salt for energy storage
molten salt for energy storage
a digital immune system for cybersecurity
a digital immune system
airborne package delivery
airborne package delivery
a plant decoder for sustainable agriculture
a plant decoder
fuel from seawater
fuel from seawater
Google Maps for electrons
Google Maps for electrons
superhuman hearing
super-human hearing
self-training robots
self-training robots
self-writing code
self-writing code
glucose-sensing contact lenses
glucose-sensing lenses
stratospheric internet balloons
internet balloons
underwater AI for ocean health
underwater AI for ocean health
powered pants for mobility
powered pants for mobility
an invention machine
an invention machine
an atmospheric water harvester
a water harvester
smart glasses
smart glasses
a prediction engine for the earth
a prediction engine for the earth
molecular recycling
molecular recycling
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The Moonshot Podcast

In this series, we take you inside The Moonshot Factory, giving you access to the messy, exhilarating journey of turning science fiction into reality.

Introducing the Taara Chip

Taara's next leap in light-based innovation is a silicon photonic chip that transmits high-speed data through the air.

Heritable Agriculture

X's moonshot for advanced plant breeding is now an independent company, making plants—and the world's food systems—more resilient.