Google X's Astro Teller: Moonshots Are 3x Cheaper After 16 Years, and No CEO Will Back a $1B Bet
GregCook2011 · x · 2026-10-07
Episode 300 of the Moonshots podcast features Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at Google X (Alphabet's innovation lab), discussing how moonshots are built, why ambitious innovation is now 3x cheaper after 16 years, why no CEO will back a $1B bet, and X's process for turning thousands of ideas into breakthrough technologies — plus a clean-water-at-1¢/L project.
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