X, The Moonshot Factory

Today our team published new research demonstrating how two industrial waste streams can become an unexpected revenue stream. The paper outlines a breakthrough economic opportunity to recycle concrete using the acid byproduct from ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE), a carbon sequestration technique. By publishing the research, we aim to create a blueprint for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere while diverting gigatons of construction and demolition waste from landfills—all while generating revenue for the industries involved. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eKKSmXXS

The world needs more energy, fast. To meet this challenge, we’ll need to apply every tool and idea we can: speeding up how things are done now, as well as introducing novel solutions. Today, connecting new energy sources to the electric grid can take years, in part because of the long, painstaking process for reviewing and approving each project’s interconnection application. These applications are a critical step in determining whether energy-generation projects can safely connect to the existing grid. But the process can be challenging, time-consuming and laborious. The Tapestry team is using agentic AI and machine learning to accelerate that process, so the people working on the grid’s toughest jobs can accomplish much more. This morning, we published a comprehensive deep-dive into one example of our technology at work, and how it’s helping tackle a core challenge facing grid operators and energy developers. Our paper unpacks: 💡Agentic AI’s potential to address energy industry pain points 🔌Why interconnection is such a stubborn problem 🖥️Tapestry’s process for building tools to address these hurdles ⚡How the technology itself works I’m excited to take folks under the hood and demonstrate how these tools can help the energy industry safely and quickly meet humanity’s fundamental need for power, without compromising any piece of this essential process. The dialogue around we-need-energy-for-AI is omnipresent. But at Tapestry, we’re committed to turning that around, sharing real-world examples of exactly how AI-for-energy is being applied to address some of today's most pressing energy challenges—in this case, in a way that immediately benefits the people making decisions about what to connect to our grids. Big thanks to PJM Interconnection, the largest grid operator in the U.S., for being early believers in this approach and using our technology to supercharge their own process. Dive into our full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gBNFNMKc #TapestryEnergy #HyperQ #PJMInterconnection #AIforEnergy #AgenticAI

Hortidaily.com just put out this great piece about the work we’re doing with Red Sun Farms and CIV - Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti to supercharge indoor strawberry growing. We're combining Heritable's AI, CIV's best-in-class germplasm, and Red Sun Farms' greenhouse expertise to deliver premium indoor-grown strawberries that balance consumer tastes with grower and retailer needs. Check it out! https://lnkd.in/gc2hWyHF

Drone deliveries between hospitals, superhuman supply chain logistics, and “Google Maps” for the electric grid: X’s John "Ivo" Stivoric and Helen Riley shared more about what our projects and graduates have been up to at a recent Harvard Innovation Labs event. In conversation with Senior Lecturer Allison Mnookin, they discussed the Moonshot Factory’s mission, how our teams collaborate with industry and partners to tackle the world’s toughest problems, and our efforts to systematize innovation and make it repeatable.  Check out the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/gg-yMbYG

X is on Inc. Magazine's 2025 Best in Business list! “The companies and leaders honored have led breakthrough projects and initiatives that delivered meaningful results,” wrote the Inc editors. “Those breakthroughs came in many forms.” It’s been a big year for breakthroughs at X: 🎓 Three projects became independent companies: Taara, Chorus, and Heritable Agriculture 🚀 We unveiled two new moonshots in the biomanufacturing and housing spaces 💡 Grid operators around the world are using Tapestry’s tools to transform energy delivery ♻️ Materra is helping waste management partners increase the volume of recycled goods 🌍 Insurers are using Bellwether’s platform to better prepare for and respond to natural disasters Thanks to the Inc team for recognizing our work and mission, and congratulations to all the other innovators doing impactful work on the list: https://lnkd.in/d-nT4QN #BestInBusiness

I am excited to share that Chorus has reached a major milestone with our partner Kuehne+Nagel, with the expansion of our Reader Network now spanning over 100M devices making real-time item-level visibility a reality at scale.   Together we are tackling the challenge that visibility at scale in road logistics is hard to achieve and traditional systems struggle to deliver. With our partnership, we’re accelerating the adoption of AI driven orchestration tools enabled by Chorus technology powering Kuehne+Nagel’s Road Customer Visibility platform as featured in their article: https://lnkd.in/gDZbj7xA. What’s most exciting is the smart sensors are scalable and require no maintenance, enabling every shipment to be tracked intelligently, reliably and globally with ease. A huge thank you to Hansjoerg Rodi and the Kuehne+Nagel team for their trust and collaboration turning a bold vision into tangible results delivering value to our customers. Together we’re proving that advanced visibility is here.

“Think of this as a magical layer modifying your local sound.” In the latest episode of The Moonshot Podcast’s Deep Dive video series, X’s Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller sat down with iyO Founder jason rugolo for a conversation about the future of audio wearables. They discuss the many unexpected use cases for machine-mediated hearing, what it was like to build the world’s first audio computer, and how to make audio wearables “cool.” Check out the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gy4k2QCv #TheMoonshotPodcast