SCS Fireside Chat with Ivo Stivoric
March 18, 2026 12:00PM—1:15PM
Location:
In Person - Open to CMU community
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Newell-Simon 4305
Speaker:
IVO STIVORIC,
Vice President at X
Please join in as Erica Fuchs and Tom Mitchell sit down with Ivo Stivoric for a fireside chat to discuss his experiences at Alphabet's “moonshot factory." Over his decade at X, Ivo has incubated and led dozens of projects and teams, including Anori, Bellwether, Tapestry, Chorus, and 280 Earth. Ivo's passion lies at the intersection of innovation and commercialization, developing both the projects and teams to tackle some of the world's most pressing problems alongside the novel funding mechanisms that allow these radical ideas to develop into successful companies. We’ll hear about his lessons learned and his views on where the future is headed.
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Ivo Stivoric is a Vice President at X, the moonshot factory where he serves on X’s Leadership Team and runs a portfolio of projects focused on finding radical solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems. For the last 10 years Ivo has incubated dozens of moonshot technologies, projects and teams, while also forging strong partnerships with organizations outside of X to help bring these nascent ideas and technologies to life. Some of the Alphabet companies and projects to emerge from Ivo’s portfolio include moonshots for industrial robotics, connectivity, the electric grid, ocean health, the supply chain and waste.
Before joining X, Ivo was Vice President of Research and Development at Jawbone, where he delivered new consumer and healthcare applications for wearable and sensor technology. Ivo has worked in the wearable computing space since 1991, including co-founding BodyMedia alongside X’s Captain of Moonshots, Astro Teller. He has over 90 patents to his name and was recognized as one of 40 innovators building the foundation of the next-gen electronics industry by EE Times. He holds an M.S. in Interaction Design and a B.F.A. in Industrial Design with a concentration in sculpture, both from Carnegie Mellon.
Host: George Darakos