X, the moonshot factory

X, the moonshot factory

"We're moonshot busters"
"We're moonshot busters"
Adam Savage and Astro Teller talk creativity and innovation on the Moonshot Podcast Episode drops June 3rd
"Failure is intrinsic to the process"
"Failure is intrinsic to the process"
Next week, The Moonshot Podcast wraps up Season 2 with an unforgettable final episode! Astro Teller sits down with special guests Adam Savage (Editor-in-Chief of Tested, Former co-host of MythBuste...
Underground potential | The Moonshot Podcast
Underground potential | The Moonshot Podcast
This episode of The Moonshot Podcast explores how the “giant dirt battery” beneath our feet could hold the key to affordably heating and cooling our homes. Astro Teller sits down with Kathy Hannun...
The "dirt battery" beneath our feet
The "dirt battery" beneath our feet
Next week on The Moonshot Podcast, we're diving deep—literally!—below the surface to uncover the ground's immense, untapped potential. Astro sits down with Kathy Hannun from Project Dandelion to ex...
Neurons and Networks | The Moonshot Podcast
Neurons and Networks | The Moonshot Podcast
This episode of The Moonshot Podcast explores what the mind can teach us about technology—and what technology can teach us about the mind. Astro Teller first sits down with Sarah Laszlo from Valky...
How Tapestry's AI is helping PJM Interconnection unlock energy capacity
How Tapestry's AI is helping PJM Interconnection unlock energy capacity
We need more electricity than ever, but adding new energy to the grid is a complex and often misunderstood process known as interconnection. To ensure safety and reliability, every energy project m...
Could a fruit fly’s brain hold the key to tomorrow’s computers?
Could a fruit fly’s brain hold the key to tomorrow’s computers?
Next week on The Moonshot Podcast, Astro Teller sits down with Sarah Laszlo to hear about Valkyrie, a never-before-shared project that explored new ways to build energy-efficient AI models inspired...
The Digital Trail | The Moonshot Podcast
The Digital Trail |  The Moonshot Podcast
This episode of The Moonshot Podcast explores two ambitious moonshots focused on bringing "visibility" to the world's most complex and opaque digital and physical systems. First, Astro is joined b...
How Kansas City is Outpacing the Storm
How Kansas City is Outpacing the Storm
Using Bellwether’s AI-powered geospatial tools to analyze drone imagery, Kansas City’s emergency teams calculated neighborhood damage with 96% accuracy in just 20 minutes, demonstrating technology’...
Teaser Episode 7, S2: The Digital Trail
Teaser Episode 7, S2: The Digital Trail
What if you could create a “digital immune system”? Next week on The Moonshot Podcast, Astro Teller explores two moonshots aimed at bringing visibility to the world’s most complex, opaque digital ...
The Moonshot Podcast Season 2, Episode 6: Silicon Horizons
The Moonshot Podcast Season 2, Episode 6: Silicon Horizons
Computer chips are the silent, beating heart of the modern world—but our ability to make them can’t keep up with humanity’s demand for compute. This episode of The Moonshot Podcast looks back on tw...
Teaser Episode 6, S2: Silicon Horizons
Teaser Episode 6, S2: Silicon Horizons
What happens when Moore’s Law ends? Next week on The Moonshot Podcast, Astro Teller reveals two never-before-shared projects that aimed to revolutionize chip design. First up, Tammo Spalink from ...
The Moonshot Podcast Season 2, Episode 5: Ocean Fuel, Desert Rain
The Moonshot Podcast Season 2, Episode 5: Ocean Fuel, Desert Rain
This episode of The Moonshot Podcast explores two moonshots that investigated very different ways to use water: harvesting it from the air and transforming it into fuel. Astro Teller first chats ...
Teaser Episode 5, S2: Ocean Fuel, Desert Rain
Teaser Episode 5, S2: Ocean Fuel, Desert Rain
What if we could turn seawater into fuel? Next week on The Moonshot Podcast, Astro Teller sits down with the teams behind two radical experiments involving water. First, Neil Treat and Claudia T...
The Moonshot Podcast Season 2, Episode 4: Breaking New Ground
The Moonshot Podcast Season 2, Episode 4: Breaking New Ground
If current trends continue, more than 3 billion people around the world will soon lack adequate housing. This episode of The Moonshot Podcast explores X’s moonshots for the built environment, and ...
Teaser Episode 4, S2: Breaking New Ground
Teaser Episode 4, S2: Breaking New Ground
What if well-designed architecture was accessible to everyone? Next week on The Moonshot Podcast, Astro explores X’s moonshots for the built environment. First he chats with Michelle Kaufmann fr...
The Moonshot Podcast S2, Episode 3: Chasing the Wind, Storing the Sun
The Moonshot Podcast S2, Episode 3: Chasing the Wind, Storing the Sun
Humanity’s need for energy continues to grow. This episode of The Moonshot Podcast explores two X projects that aimed to generate and store power in radically unexpected ways. First, Astro Teller s...
Teaser Episode 3, S2: Chasing the Wind, Storing the Sun
Teaser Episode 3, S2: Chasing the Wind, Storing the Sun
What if we could harness energy from kites, or store it in molten salt? Next week on The Moonshot Podcast, Astro sits down with the leaders of two X projects that aimed to reimagine how we generat...
The Moonshot Podcast S2, Episode 2: Coding The Natural World
The Moonshot Podcast S2, Episode 2: Coding The Natural World
This episode of The Moonshot Podcast dives into the future of biology, exploring how to harness life's "tiny factories" to solve humanity's biggest challenges. Host Astro Teller sits down with Br...
The Moonshot Podcast Deep Dive: Rey Banatao on Turning Trash into Treasure
The Moonshot Podcast Deep Dive: Rey Banatao on Turning Trash into Treasure
In the tenth installment of the Moonshot Podcast Deep Dive series, Astro Teller and Rey Banatao explore technology’s potential to tackle humanity’s waste crisis. Rey shares how Materra, X’s moonsh...