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Episode: Astro Teller isnât afraid of killing ideas; hereâs why
Description: TechCrunchâs editor-in-chief, Connie Loizos, sits down with Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at Alphabetâs X, to explore what it takes to build a factory for truly radical innovation. Astro reveals the three components that define a true moonshotâa huge problem, a science fiction-sounding solution, and a glimmer of breakthrough technologyâand why X deliberately kills 98% of its ideas early. Teller also explains why X keeps teams incredibly small, how it decides between spinning companies out independently versus keeping them as Alphabet âother betsâ like Waymo and Wing, and his take on AI hypeâwhy we should stop treating...