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Astro Teller Speaker Profile
- As "Captain of Moonshots" at Alphabet's X (formerly known as Google X), Teller has overseen some of Alphabet's most ambitious projects including Google Glass, Project Loon, Waymo (Google's driverless cars), Project Wing, and Google Contact Lens.
- A brilliant technologist and scientist, Teller holds multiple US and international patents and has founded and grown five companies including Cerebellum Capital and BodyMedia, Inc., a wearable fitness company which was sold for $100 million.
- Focused on accomplishing giant leaps rather than incremental improvements, Teller teaches audiences how to build environments and teams capable of taking crazy ideas and turning them into realities.
After earning his doctorate degree in computer science from Carnegie Melon, Teller founded BodyMedia, Inc., a company that created wearable technology that monitored and recorded health data. It was acquired in 2013 by Jawbone for $100 million. In total, Teller has launched and grown 5 companies, another of which is Cerebellum Capital, a hedge fund management firm that uses statistical machine learning and 30 years of research to drive its investments.
Teller holds numerous US and international patents and has been directing Alphabet’s X laboratory (AKA “Google’s Secret Lab”) since 2010. Publicly known projects under his supervision include Google Glass, Project Loon, Google’s driverless cars, Google Contact Lens, and Project Wing. While he is unable to discuss every aspect of his work, he has given several high profile keynotes and interviews on artificial intelligence development as well as how to cultivate “moonshot thinking” in an organization. Teller has presented for TED, SXSW, Abundance 360, MIT, and Stanford.
Astro Teller - Speaking Topics
Entrepreneur, scientist, and “Captain of Moonshots” at Alphabet’s X, Astro Teller teaches audiences how to build environments and teams capable of taking crazy ideas and turning them into realities. Teller’s most requested talks and workshops focus on the human aspect of innovation such as how to create a culture that incentivizes progress, learning and asking the right questions. While most organizations aim to go 10% bigger, Teller specializes in leading teams that aim to go 10 times bigger. Due to his work on paradigm shattering projects like self-driving cars and AI, Teller is often asked to share his insights on the latest technological developments and how they will alter our businesses and lives.
Some of Teller's most recent speaking engagements include:
Abundance 360: They're Not Listening to What You Say
Astro talks to CEO’s about how little their employees listen to the lip service of the company and what it takes to get them to really believe that you want them to take moonshots.
Secrets to Building a Diverse Dream Team
Keynote at the Grace Hopper Conference on how to bring out differences in people in surprising ways that lead to radically better solutions to the problems being worked on.
Entrepreneurship Though Leadership Talk at Stanford
How smart bets on world-changing innovations are aided by a culture that celebrates finding the biggest flaws.
AI vs. Superbabies
At the first annual Silicon Valley Comic Con, Astro Teller and Danielle Teller debate whether humanity is more likely to be destroyed by AI or by genetic engineering.
Some of Teller's most recent speaking engagements include:
Abundance 360: They're Not Listening to What You Say
Astro talks to CEO’s about how little their employees listen to the lip service of the company and what it takes to get them to really believe that you want them to take moonshots.
Secrets to Building a Diverse Dream Team
Keynote at the Grace Hopper Conference on how to bring out differences in people in surprising ways that lead to radically better solutions to the problems being worked on.
Entrepreneurship Though Leadership Talk at Stanford
How smart bets on world-changing innovations are aided by a culture that celebrates finding the biggest flaws.
AI vs. Superbabies
At the first annual Silicon Valley Comic Con, Astro Teller and Danielle Teller debate whether humanity is more likely to be destroyed by AI or by genetic engineering.
Astro Teller - Speaking Videos
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