Astro Teller, ‘Captain of Moonshots,’ joins TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 this October
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is about to get even more exciting. We’re thrilled to announce that Astro Teller, the head of Alphabet’s X (aka the Moonshot Factory), will take the stage at Disrupt, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. For more than a decade, Teller has guided X’s audacious mission to tackle the world’s toughest problems. Under his leadership, X has birthed game-changing projects like Waymo (self-driving cars), Wing (delivery drones), and Loon (internet-beaming bal