Today’s Solutions: May 04, 2026

X, the “moonshot” division of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has spun out a new geothermal heating and cooling company called Dandelion, the company announced Thursday. Dandelion comes from a previously undisclosed project at X that began two years ago. It’ll be run as a separate company outside the Alphabet umbrella and has raised $2 million in funding. Dandelion claims it can affordably drill and install geothermal systems to heat and cool homes, which is usually a very expensive

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