XPRIZE
🏆 Four companies win $100 million for their carbon capture
Mati Carbon receives the main prize of 50 million dollars in the XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. The company uses crushed basalt on agricultural land to accelerate a natural weathering process that permanently binds carbon dioxide, while improving soil quality for small-scale farmers.
🏆 Competition to accelerate quantum computers' societal benefits
XPRIZE has launched a global competition worth $5 million to develop practical quantum algorithms. The competition aims to accelerate the development of quantum computer applications that can solve important societal problems.
🏆 XPRIZE launches prize competition to combat water scarcity with innovative desalination techniques
The competition has a total prize pool of $119 million. The goal is to develop sustainable, reliable, and affordable solutions for desalinating seawater.
🏆 XPRIZE aims to add 10 healthy years of life - $101 million in prize money
The winner will succeed in rejuvenating several vital body functions by at least 10 years, for people aged 65 to 80 years old.
🔥 XPRIZE Wildfire: Igniting a global race to reinvent wildfire detection and response
Humanity's grand challenge of eliminating wildfires is tackled head-on by the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition.