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X Development

Semi-secret research and development company by Alphabet Inc.

Companysubsidiary company laboratoryQ133928

Also known as Google X · Google X Lab · Google[x]

Founded: 2010
Founded by: Sebastian Thrun
Headquarters: Mountain View
Country: United States
Industry: research and development
Parent: Alphabet Inc.(since 2015)
, Google(until 2015)
Website: x.company
, solveforx.com(since 2015)

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X Development LLC, doing business as 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.

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Owned by: Alphabet Inc.
Different from: Google X
X Corp.
X.com
X
Owner of: Boston Dynamics(until 2017)
Product or material produced: artificial intelligence
Legal form: Delaware corporation
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1.assignments.uspto.gov/assignments/assignment-tm-6138-0747.pdf
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