Private company

X Development

American research and development company

X Development LLC, doing business as X (formerly Google X), is an American semi-secret research and development facility and organization founded by Google in January 2010. X has its headquarters about a mile and a half from Google's corporate headquarters, the Googleplex, in Mountain View, California.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

2010Founded1
  • Industryresearch and development1
  • HeadquartersMountain View1
  • Websitex.company
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1

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The story

Founded by Sebastian Thrun in 2010.1

Leadership

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Products and brands

  • artificial intelligence

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2013Acquired Boston Dynamics1

Timeline

  1. Oct 2, 2015Acquired Acquired by Alphabet Inc.1
  2. 2010Founded Founded1

Sources

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