Loon and Wing graduate from Google/Alphabet X

by jpm_sd on 7/11/2018, 4:06 PM with 57 comments
  • by jamestimmins on 7/11/2018, 7:48 PM

    This (almost) exact story seems to resurface every couple of years. Given that Google has to allow (or perhaps) initiate the story and access, I wonder if there's a specific type of situation in which Google's PR team decides that it's time for another "Inside X" story.

  • by bitmapbrother on 7/12/2018, 4:10 AM

    Good to see Loon graduating into its own company. Project Loon was very instrumental in connecting Puerto Rico after the hurricane [1].

    [1] https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/20/project-loon-att-puerto-...

  • by nchase on 7/12/2018, 2:02 AM

    Are any of these moonshot projects trying to counteract human-driven climate change?

  • by 1996 on 7/11/2018, 9:09 PM

    TLDR: big company tries to remain dynamic by running its own internal innovation program

    Too bad it has never worked too well for any other big company, for structural reasons ("Internal incubators")

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