X, founded in 2010 and based in Mountain View, California, is Alphabet's Moonshot Factory. It is a research and development organization dedicated to inventing and launching breakthrough technologies. The organization pursues ambitious projects that attempt to solve seemingly impossible problems using emerging technologies and unconventional approaches.
Its work spans a wide range of technical domains, including autonomous vehicles, life sciences, drone delivery, internet connectivity, AI-powered biology, grid intelligence, and sustainable agriculture. Notable projects that have emerged from X include Waymo (autonomous vehicles), Verily (life sciences), Wing (drone delivery), and Project Loon (internet balloons). Current areas of focus also include projects like Tapestry for grid intelligence and mineral for sustainable agriculture.
The team is composed of a multidisciplinary group of inventors, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs who work across these diverse fields. The organization's stated goal is to transform science fiction into reality by developing technologies that could make the world a radically better place.
