As pointed out by others, Google has had visionary projects for over a decade. Just take a look at their X projects [0]. Here's a few:
- Verily is looking into improving medical tech
- Malta is looking at more efficient energy storage
- Makani is looking at innovative wind energy gathering
- Loon is looking at connectivity for rural/remote communities
- Foghorn is looking at creating clean energy from sea
water
And of course, let's not forget about Waymo which started 10 years ago, way ahead of its time. Google also invests heavily in many industries. They fund multiple fusion energy projects [1][2][3], they had a million dollar prize to encourage people to get to the moon [4], and as pointed out above they are big investors in SpaceX too.
Meanwhile, other than Bezos' Blue Origin, I think this is basically a first for Amazon, and honestly even this feels much more of a business move than a "visionary project", considering there's literally 3-4 other companies trying to do the exact same thing (SpaceX, OneWeb, Facebook, Telesat).
- Verily is looking into improving medical tech
- Malta is looking at more efficient energy storage
- Makani is looking at innovative wind energy gathering
- Loon is looking at connectivity for rural/remote communities
- Foghorn is looking at creating clean energy from sea water
And of course, let's not forget about Waymo which started 10 years ago, way ahead of its time. Google also invests heavily in many industries. They fund multiple fusion energy projects [1][2][3], they had a million dollar prize to encourage people to get to the moon [4], and as pointed out above they are big investors in SpaceX too.
Meanwhile, other than Bezos' Blue Origin, I think this is basically a first for Amazon, and honestly even this feels much more of a business move than a "visionary project", considering there's literally 3-4 other companies trying to do the exact same thing (SpaceX, OneWeb, Facebook, Telesat).
[0] https://x.company/projects/
[1] https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/news/a27...
[2] https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/29/18201220/nuclear-fusion-e...
[3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2019/05/21/th...
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Lunar_X_Prize