X Development

X Development LLC is an American research and development facility and organization. It was founded by Google in January 2010 as Google X. It is a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. X's mission is to invent and launch "moonshot" technologies.

X Development LLC

Formerly	Google X
Founded	13 January 2010 (as Google X)
Founder	Astro Teller Sebastian Thrun Yoky Matsuoka
Headquarters	Mountain View, California, U.S
Key people	Astro Teller (CEO)
Owner	Google (2010—2015) Alphabet, Inc. (2015—present)
Parent	Alphabet, Inc