XPRIZE is a masterstroke, a brilliant idea. What XPRIZE could very well do is to jump-start a part of space exploration that is based on the active participation of regular Americans.
Tom Hanks
Actor, Director and Producer
I think XPRIZE should be viewed as the beginning of one giant leap, and that giant leap will involve the participation of citizens in the exciting venture outward into space.
Dr. Buzz Aldrin
NASA Astronaut, Apollo 11
ENDING DESTRUCTIVE WILDFIRES
The $11M XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year competition to innovate firefighting technologies that will end destructive wildfires.
XPRIZE Wildfire is offered in partnership with Co-Title Sponsors Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Pacific Gas & Electric, Presenting Sponsor Minderoo Foundation, Bonus Prize Sponsor Lockheed Martin and Supporting Sponsor Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and individual benefactors.
Tackling Humanity's Greatest Threat
XPRIZE Carbon Removal is aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity - fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. Funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, this $100M competition is the largest incentive prize in history, an extraordinary milestone.
Tomorrow’s Proteins
XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion is a multi-year, $15M competition that will incentivize teams to produce chicken breast or fish fillet alternatives that replicate or outperform conventional chicken and fish in: access, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, nutrition, as well as taste and texture.
Discover. Understand. Preserve.
The $10M XPRIZE Rainforest is a five-year competition to enhance our understanding of the rainforest ecosystem.