XPRIZE is the global leader in solving the world’s Grand Challenges by creating and managing large-scale incentivized prize competitions that create impact in five areas: Learning; Exploration; Energy & Environment; Global Development; and Life Sciences. Our mission is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. They believe that you get what you incentivize.
Their active prizes include the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE to land a privately funded rover on the Moon; the $20M NRG Cosia Carbon XPRIZE to reimagine CO2; the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE to empower children to take control of their own learning; the $10M Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE to bring healthcare to the palm of your hand; the $7 Million Barbara Bush Adult Literacy XPRIZE to transform the lives of low-literate adults; and the $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to usher in a new era of ocean exploration.
Their past prizes include the $10M Ansari XPRIZE for suborbital spaceflight, which launched today’s $2B private space industry; the $10M Progressive Insurance Automotive XPRIZE to build cars that achieved at least 100MPGe in real world driving; the $2.25M Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE to develop sophisticated sensing technologies that put you in charge of your own health; the $2M Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander XCHALLENGE to advance repeated rocket travel to the Moon; the $1.4M Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup XCHALLENGE to improve crude oil clean up from the ocean’s surface; and the $2M Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE to address ocean acidification.