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WellBuiltSeeing Earth From Space and Reimagining Life on It 👩🏽🚀 | Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZEOn this episode of WellBuilt, Jon sat down with Anousheh Ansari—entrepreneur, engineer, and first Iranian in space. Anousheh shares her remarkable journey: growing up in Iran during the revolution and war, finding escape in the night skies, moving to the U.S., and eventually achieving her childhood dream of going to space. She opens up about the transformative experience of seeing Earth from orbit and how it reshaped her life mission as CEO of XPRIZE. Today she's channeling that perspective into solving humanity's biggest challenges. XPRIZE is known for running multi-million-dollar competitions that have sp...
2025-09-181h 07
RAADcast: Roadmap To Super LongevityInside XPRIZE: Crowdsourcing a Longer, Healthier LifeMeet the scientist turning decades of aging research into real-life extra years. In this episode of RAADCast, Dr. Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of the Health Domain at XPRIZE Foundation, shares how her research is transforming the science of aging into real-world solutions. She dives into her work designing clinical frameworks, developing functional biomarkers, and leading the XPRIZE Healthspan Competition to extend healthy human lifespan.----In this episode of RAADCast, Dr. Jamie Justice joins us to discuss her research on large-scale interventions that are changing the conversation on aging. She explains how her foundational...
2025-07-0828 min
Sustainability In Your EarEarth911 Podcast: The Carbon Removal XPRIZE WinnersAs the world confronts the urgent challenge of removing billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, breakthrough innovation is essential to scale solutions fast enough to meet global climate goals. On this episode of Earth911's Sustainability in Your Ear, discover the groundbreaking results of the $100 million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition, a four-year competition among 1,300 teams from 88 countries that represents one of the most ambitious efforts to catalyze carbon removal innovation. We're joined by Nikki Batchelor, Executive Director of XPRIZE Carbon Removal, and Michael Leitch, Senior Technical Lead for the competition, to discuss what may be one of...
2025-06-0939 min
Next Act Ninjas: Mastering Lifestyle LongevityIs 70 the New 50? The Science & Hype Behind the $101M Healthspan XPRIZEDiscover how the new Healthspan XPRIZE could make 70 the new 50—and what you can do today to stay ahead of the anti-aging curve. In Episode 65 of Next Act Ninjas, longevity scientist and coach Rachael Van Pelt decodes the $101 million prize’s criteria, from grip-strength tests to brain-speed quizzes, and explains why 40 global semifinalists are racing to reprogram cells, clear “zombie” senescent cells and turbo-charge mitochondria. You’ll hear both the promise and the pitfalls of moonshot research, plus a step-by-step, over-50-friendly roadmap—strength workouts, cardio, nutrient-dense meals, sleep optimization, cold plunges, intermittent fasting—to lengthen your healthspan right now. Measure y...
2025-06-0314 min
Inside the C-Suite with David WurthAnousheh Ansari - CEO, XPRIZE | From Space Traveler to Solving the World's Biggest ProblemsBuilding a Future That Doesn’t Yet Exist: An Interview With Anousheh Ansari
From a young girl staring up at the stars in Iran to becoming a space traveler, tech entrepreneur, and CEO of XPRIZE, Anousheh Ansari has always dared to imagine a future that doesn’t yet exist.
In this powerful conversation, Ansari shares:
How she manifested her journey to space and spent nine days aboard the International Space Station
Her role in revolutionizing commercial space travel through the first XPRIZE competition
The future of technology, AI, and sustainability, and how XPRIZE is solv...
2025-01-3154 min
WISE On Air105: From Space to Schools - How Does XPRIZE Reimagine Learning? - Alexander NicholasIn this episode of WISE On Air, we explore the intersection of innovation and education with Alexander Nicholas, Executive Vice President of Learning & Society at XPRIZE. Drawing from his experience leading educational initiatives at the Gates Foundation and now at XPRIZE, Alexander shares insights on how prize competitions can catalyze transformative solutions in education.
Alexander discusses XPRIZE's unique approach to tackling global challenges, from their first space competition to their current work across seven domains including education. He explains how their "brain trust" methodology brings together diverse experts to frame problems and design prizes that drive real impact. Through examples...
2025-01-3040 min
Thinking On Paper Technology PodcastQuantum XPRIZE: Revolutionizing Climate Change, Medicine & Energy with Quantum ComputingCould quantum computing revolutionize our fight against climate change, accelerate breakthroughs in medicine, and unlock new sources of energy? In this show we sit down with Kathrin Spendier, Technical Prize Director at XPRIZE, to learn how the $5 million Quantum XPRIZE is pushing quantum technology into the real world. Discover how quantum algorithms could transform sustainability, drug development, and material scienceHere’s what you’ll discover:- How Google Quantum is backing this three-year global competition involving 300 teams from 46 countries.-Why quantum algorithms could transform sustainability, drug development, and material science.-The surprising link between quantum computing and natu...
2025-01-2150 min
Moonshots with Peter DiamandisNeil deGrasse Tyson on Understanding Our Current Reality (XPRIZE Visioneering) | EP #140In this episode, recorded at XPRIZE Visioneering, Neil and Peter discuss all the exponential discoveries that have launched humanity forward. Recorded on Oct 24th, 2024Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice.
12:53 | The Power of Scientific Analysis
39:56 | The Exponential Leap in Aviation
01:06:01 | Future Predictions: A Glimpse Ahead
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, best known for making complex scientific concepts accessible to the general public. As the director of the Hayden Planetarium and host of popular s...
2025-01-021h 18
Performance Around The ClockJamie Justice - gerontology, biomarkers and XPRIZE Healthspan. Performance Around The Clock episode 26.Episode 26 of the Performance Around The Clock podcast comes from the GSA (Gerontological Society of America) meeting in Seattle. We are delighted to host, Dr. Jamie Justice, who is the Executive Vice President of the Health Domain at XPRIZE Foundation and adjunct professor in Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine. We talk about her career in gerontology, expertise with biomarkers and XPRIZE Healthspan. Join us for an enlightening conversation about aging and learn about the big XPRIZE Healthspan initiative. Thank you for listening.
Guest:
Dr. Jamie...
2024-11-281h 23
The Green RushAlternatively Speaking: Jamie Justice, XPRIZEWelcome to the Green Rush, a weekly conversation at the intersection of cannabis, psychedelics, the capital markets, and culture, produced by KCSA Podcast Labs.
Today, we have a special edition of the Green Rush featuring our newest production, Alternatively Speaking. In our debut season, we’re diving into a revolutionary concept in health span, longevity, and healthcare.
Our hosts sat down with Alternatively Speaking’s first-ever guest, Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of the Health Domain at XPRIZE Foundation and Adjunct Professor in Internal Medicine Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, and Sticht Center on Healt...
2024-10-1048 min
Business. Wealth. Impact.XPRIZE's $101 Million Revolution - Optimizing the Last 10 Years of Human Life with Dr. Jamie Justice | BWI #107Episode 107 - XPRIZE's $101 Million Revolution - Optimizing the Last 10 Years of Human Life with Dr. Jamie Justice Jamie Justice breaks down the science of aging, focusing on how issues like memory loss, muscle weakening, and inflammation are all linked, how the immune system and digestive health play a big role in staying healthy, and the importance of working together to solve health challenges. She talks about living life to the fullest and highlights the benefits of combining competition with teamwork to address health challenges effectively. Key Takeaways: ...
2024-09-1834 minMoonshots with Peter DiamandisWhy We Gave Away $500M To Solve Humanity's Problems (XPRIZE AMA) | EP #119In this episode, Peter answers questions about the story of XPRIZE, shares anecdotes, and the power of crowdsourcing to change the world. Recorded on Aug 19th, 2024Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice.The XPRIZE Foundation is a non-profit organization that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development. Through incentivized competition, the XPRIZE mission is to bring about "radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity."Learn more about XPRIZE here: https://www.xprize.org/home
2024-09-1236 min
Carbon Removal NewsroomThe Carbon Removal XPRIZE Announces Their 20 FinalistsThe XPRIZE remains one of the top stories in carbon removal and one of the largest funding sources for CDR start-ups. The Elon Musk-backed competition will award $50 million to the winning CDR startup in 2025 and send $10 million to three other runner-up teams.
Over 1000 teams worldwide have applied since the award was announced in 2021.
This month, XPRIZE released the detailed “Getting to Gigaton” report, which provided comprehensive data and analysis of the top 100 teams. A few weeks later, they announced the top 20 finalist teams competing for the grand prize.
The report and the selection of the top...
2024-05-2138 min
FutureTech PodcastQuantum Computing XPRIZE & Google’s $5M ChallengeQuantum Computing XPRIZE & Google's $5M Challenge on the Futuretech Podcast. Welcome to FutureTech Podcast with your hosts Jon Irwin and The Startup Coach. We’re your guides to the world of cutting-edge technology, innovation, and business trends.
Quantum Computing XPRIZE & Google's $5M Challenge
Explore the promising realms of quantum computing with the XPRIZE Foundation and Google Quantum AI's groundbreaking $5 million contest. Delve into the future of technology as we discuss the practical applications, challenges, and societal impacts of quantum computing. From enhancing drug discovery to optimizing energy efficiency, discover how quantum algorithms are reshaping our world...
2024-04-0300 min
Longevity by DesignXPRIZE Healthspan: Revolutionizing Human Aging & Healthspan with Dr. Jamie JusticeCan we find ways to target human aging and extend healthspan? This ambitious premise is at the heart of XPRIZE Healthspan, a 7-year, $101 million global competition with an audacious challenge: to successfully develop a proactive, accessible therapeutic that restores muscle, cognitive, and immune function by a minimum of 10 years, with a goal of 20 years, in persons aged 65-80 years, in one year or less.In this episode of Longevity by Design, hosts Ashley Reaver and Dr. Gil Blander spoke with Dr. Jamie Justice, Executive Vice President of the Health Domain at XPRIZE, and Executive Director of XPRIZE...
2024-03-201h 07
All Things Wildfire PodcastEpisode 24 - Can You Win the $11 Million Dollar XPrize Competition?The All Things Wildfire podcast, hosted by O.P. Almaraz, features Andrea Santy as the guest, delving into the pressing issue of wildfires occurring beyond traditional fire seasons. The podcast introduces the XPRIZE for Wildfire, an $11 million competition designed to stimulate innovation in combatting destructive wildfires. Andrea Santy explains the meticulous process behind the XPRIZE's development, involving consultations with a wide array of experts, from firefighters to government agencies. The competition encompasses two tracks: space-based detection and autonomous wildfire response. In the space-based detection track, participants are challenged to detect wildfires from space within 10 minutes and provide...
2024-01-2641 min
Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / ShowDr. Jamie Justice, Ph.D., - Executive Vice President, Health, XPRIZE Foundation - A 7-year, $101 Million Global Competition To Revolutionize The Way We Approach Human AgingSend us a textDr. Jamie Justice, Ph.D. ( https://www.xprize.org/about/people/jamie-justice-ph-d ) is the Executive Vice President of the Health Domain at XPRIZE Foundation, where she leads international networks to drive innovative solutions to improve human health and aging that is affordable and accessible to all. She also serves as Adjunct Professor in Internal Medicine Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, and Sticht Center on Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM). Dr. Justice is dedicated to Geroscience research that advances the hypothesis that by targeting th...
2023-12-111h 03
Making Sense of ScienceLeading XPRIZE Healthspan and Beating Negativity, with Dr. Peter DiamandisA new competition by the XPRIZE Foundation is offering $101 million to researchers if they discover therapies that allow seniors to perform like when they were 10 to 20 years younger. For today’s episode, I talked with Dr. Peter Diamandis, XPRIZE’s founder and executive chairman. Under Peter’s leadership, XPRIZE has launched 27 previous competitions with over $300 million in prize purses. The lastest contest aims to enhance healthspan, or the period of life when older people can play with their grandkids without any restriction, disability or disease. The biggest prize for this competition, called XPRIZE Healthspan, is $81 million...
2023-12-061h 00
Bruce Singer Podcast# 92 Laura Hackl & Greg Potter: XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, a $15 Million Prize Purse, Featuring Laura & Greg, Co-Founders at ProFillet, Competition Finalist, Alternative Protein, Catfish, SustainableSpecial Podcast Series - XPRIZEIn this Episode we feature Laura Hackl and Greg Potter of ProFillet , one of the finalists in the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion (FTNB) Competition. ProFillet has brought together a team of some of the worlds' best minds to provide sustainable, nutritious, & delicious Plant Based Seafood Alternatives. FTNB is a global, multi-year $15 Million competition to create new pathways for environmentally sustainable, nutritious alternative proteins to meet increasing consumer demand. Title sponsor ASPIRE, and benefactor The Tony Robbins Foundation.Laura and Greg sit do...
2023-12-0427 min
Translating AgingXPRIZE Healthspan: Catalyzing Therapies for Aging (Jamie Justice, PhD)Dr. Jamie Justice is Executive Director of the newly launched XPRIZE Healthspan, a $101 M international competition to accelerate therapeutics targeting aging biology. In conversation with host Chris Patil, Dr. Justice outlines the motivation, structure, and timeline of the prize, as well as how teams can get involved. She also explains unique aspects of this prize, including the public commentary period, how existing trials can be adapted for competition, functional endpoints, and judging criteria. She also conveys why coordination is needed to overcome barriers and drive investment in longevity R&D. Listeners will gain key insights into this ambitious initiative...
2023-11-2955 min
Bruce Singer Podcast# 91 Robin Simsa: XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, a $15 Million Prize Purse, Featuring Robin Simsa of Revo Foods, Competition Finalist, 3D Printed Foods, Protein Filet, Supermarkets, Sustainability, Taking RisksSpecial Podcast Series - XPRIZEIn this Episode we feature Robin Simsa, a Forbes 30 under 30, and the Founder & CEO of Revo Foods. Revo Foods, one of the finalists in the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion (FTNB) Competition, is making alternative proteins to conventional meat & fish, solving many challenges in our food system, and is the first company to have 3D Printed Food in Supermarkets.FTNB is a global, multi-year $15 Million competition to create new pathways for environmentally sustainable, nutritious alternative proteins to meet increasing consumer demand. Title sponsor ASPIRE, and benefactor The Tony Robbins Foundation.
2023-11-2021 min
Bruce Singer Podcast# 91 Robin Simsa: XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, a $15 Million Prize Purse, Featuring Robin Simsa of Revo Foods, Competition Finalist, 3D Printed Foods, Protein Filet, Supermarkets, Sustainability, Taking RisksSpecial Podcast Series - XPRIZEIn this Episode we feature Robin Simsa, a Forbes 30 under 30, and the Founder & CEO of Revo Foods. Revo Foods, one of the finalists in the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion (FTNB) Competition, is making alternative proteins to conventional meat & fish, solving many challenges in our food system, and is the first company to have 3D Printed Food in Supermarkets.FTNB is a global, multi-year $15 Million competition to create new pathways for environmentally sustainable, nutritious alternative proteins to meet increasing consumer demand. Title sponsor ASPIRE, and benefactor The Tony Robbins Foundation.
2023-11-2021 min
Bruce Singer Podcast# 90 Miguel Neumann: XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, a $15 Million Prize Purse, Featuring Miguel Neumann of Eternal Bioworks, Competition Finalist, Agriculture 2.0, Food & Protein, Micro Organisms, NASA, Ai, FinanceSpecial Podcast Series - XPRIZEIn this episode we feature Miguel Neumann, the CEO (and previously the CFO) of Eternal Bioworks, one of the finalists in the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion (FTNB). Eternal is innovating a 100% animal free fungal free based food protein, that is sustainable, nutritious and solving challenges in our food system.FTNB is a global, multi-year $15 Million competition to create new pathways for environmentally sustainable, nutritious alternative proteins to meet increasing consumer demand. Title sponsor ASPIRE, and benefactor The Tony Robbins Foundation.Miguel si...
2023-11-0730 min
Bruce Singer Podcast# 88 Sirli Rosenvald: XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, a $15 Million Prize Purse, Featuring Sirli Rosenvald of TFTAK, Competition Finalist, Alternative Protein, Food & Taste, Sustainability, CommercializationSpecial Podcast Series - XPRIZEIn this episode we talk to Sirli Rosenvald, the CSO of TFTAK, one of the finalists in the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion (FTNB). TFTAK is a Contract Research Organization for Food & Biotech, with one of their main purposes being how to make our food system more sustainable, for alternative sources of protein and to get to commercialization. FTNB is a global, multi-year $15 Million competition to create new pathways for environmentally sustainable, nutritious alternative proteins to meet increasing consumer demand. Title sponsor ASPIRE, and benefactor The Tony Robbins Foundation.S...
2023-10-2722 min
Bruce Singer Podcast# 87 XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, a $15 Million Prize Purse, featuring Andrew Tauhert & Jordan Giali on Food, Philanthropy, Global Diversity, Food SecuritySpecials Podcast Series - XPRIZE In this episode we talk to Andrew Tauhert and Jordan Giali about XPRIZE and XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion (FTNB), a global, multi-year $15 million competition to create new pathways for environmentally sustainable, nutritious alternative proteins to meet increasing consumer demand. Title sponsor ASPIRE, and benefactor The Tony Robbins Foundation.XPRIZE is the global leader for large scale competitions to solve humanities global challenges, and has already awarded $300 Million in prize purses.Andrew and Jordan sit down with Bruce sharing each of their personal journeys, and discuss XPRIZE FTNB, the i...
2023-10-1836 min
Valley of DepthEmpowering Humanity, with Anousheh Ansari (XPRIZE)This week’s Pathfinder podcast features the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, Anousheh Ansari – our first guest who’s actually been to space (it’s shocking to us too that it’s taken this long). After immigrating to the United States from Iran as a teenager, she co-founded Telecom Technologies, a telecommunication company that integrated voice and data. In 2006, she became the first first-privately funded female and Iranian-American to travel to space and the International Space Station.Catch up: The $10 million purse, sponsored by the Ansari family, set forth a competition to stimulate innovation in private spaceflight. It challen...
2023-08-2258 min
Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing TipsWhat You Can Learn From XPRIZE (Elon Donated Over $100M+ To This Org)In episode #2491, Neil and Eric discuss what can be learned from the XPRIZE Foundation, an organization that Elon Musk donated over 100 million dollars to. It’s important to look at how things are done in different business settings. Not only do you expand your knowledge, but it also presents opportunities to leverage their offerings to achieve your personal goals. Tune in to find out how XPRIZE is encouraging technological development that will benefit humanity, why Elon Musk donated such a substantial amount to this organization, and what marketing teams can learn from their strategies.TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:...
2023-06-2306 min
Space Café Podcast - Navigating Our Interplanetary AmbitionsAnousheh Ansari - Space Entrepreneur, XPRIZE, and the Future of Exponential TechnologiesSpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present: The Space Café Podcast #82: Anousheh Ansari - Space Entrepreneur, XPRIZE, and the Future of Exponential TechnologiesEpisode 082 features a special guest: Anousheh Ansari In this episode, join Anousheh Ansari, a space entrepreneur and the first Iranian, self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station, as she discusses her journey in the space industry, the future of exponential technologies, and her involvement in the XPRIZE. Key topics:🔹 The role of exponential technologies in the future of humanity🔹...
2023-06-0652 min
Reversing Climate ChangeS3E42: Carbon removal funding and dealflow in the XPRIZE/Circular Carbon Network report—w/ Nikki Batchelor & Ongeleigh UnderwoodIn this episode, Ross and Siobhan are joined by Ongeleigh Underwood and Nikki Batchelor to delve into the newly released report from the Circular Carbon Network, an initiative of XPRIZE. The report provides valuable insights into the state of the Circular Carbon Market, addressing crucial questions such as who is building Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) projects and who is funding them.The conversation explores the role of XPRIZE in fostering market growth and collaboration, and examines how companies have evolved since the last carbon-focused XPRIZE, which is when the report started gathering data. Ongeleigh and Nikki shed...
2023-05-2543 min
Cultured Meat and Future Food PodcastCaroline Kolta of XPRIZE: Transforming The Future of ProteinsThis episode is part of the Transforming The Future of Proteins series.
XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion is a multi-year, $15M competition that incentivizes teams to produce chicken breast or fish filet alternatives that replicate or outperform these conventional proteins in the following ways: access, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, nutrition, as well as taste and texture.
Caroline Kolta is the Program Director on XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion, where she oversees the technical and day to day operations of the competition including project management, knowledge management, stakeholder management, and ri...
2023-04-2733 min
Haptics Club#39 ANA - AVATAR Xprize Winner - Nimbro team with Christian and MaxThe Xprize competition is one of the institution pushing the boundaries of human knowledge through technology breakthrough.
The ANA-AVATAR Xprize competition looked to share a glimpse of what the future of telerobotic and telepresence could be.
We share this episode with Christian Lenz and Max Schwarz form the Nimbro team of Bonn University winner of the ANA-AVATAR Xprize.
It is a great conversation where good engineering and design choices mix with human factors and innovation development, and a bit of haptics.
Xprize: https://www.xprize...
2023-04-0238 min
The Most Important QuestionYou get an XPRIZE, and YOU get an XPRIZE!Throughout history, kings, queens, governments, churches, and donors have funded contests and awarded prizes for solving the most difficult problems of the day.Today, as we stand on the precipice of huge problems and opportunity, with everyone looking around going “What can I do?” the utility and relative inclusivity of prizes like these remains compelling.And there’s one group that’s driving them more than anyone – XPRIZE.My guest today is Dr. Marcius Extavour.Marcius is the Chief Scientist & Executive Vice President of Climate and Energy at XPRIZE.Marcius mo...
2022-10-241h 00
InevitableMarcius Extavour, XPRIZEToday's guest is Marcius Extavour, Chief Scientist, Executive Vice President Energy and Climate at XPRIZE.XPRIZE is a global future positive movement of over a million people and rising. They are a trusted, proven platform for impact that leverages the power of competition to catalyze innovation and accelerate a more hopeful future by incentivizing radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. The organization began supporting climate projects with a $20 million prize for breakthrough technologies to convert CO2 emissions into usable products. Now, they’re hosting their largest prize initiative in history funded by Elon Musk and the Mu...
2022-07-181h 18
Disruptors for GOOD | Social Entrepreneurs and Social EnterprisesXPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone Award Winner on the Future of Renewable Energy - Hans De Neve // Founder and CEO of CarbyonIn episode 142 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I speak with Hans De Neve, Founder and CEO of Carbyon, on winning the XPRIZE Carbon Removal Milestone Award and the future of renewable energy through direct air capture.After finishing his PhD at IMEC, Hans became a researcher within the Alcatel Research & Innovation division – currently part of the Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs organization. Subsequently he's worked for several product units of Alcatel-Lucent where he continued to look for product differentiators and product innovation – facing the challenge to turn innovative ideas into commercial successes.Hans has Master degree's from...
2022-05-1627 min
Carbon Removal Newsroom4 Xprize Winning TeamsThis week, we’re joined by four of the teams that won the Carbon Removal Xprize Milestone award.
On April 22nd, Xprize announced the 15 winners of the second round of their competition for carbon removal solutions. Each of these teams was been awarded $1 million to help them compete for the grand prize of $50 million, or 3 $30 million runner-up slots, which will be awarded three years from now.
The grand prize winner may not be one of the 15 Milestone awardees, but these teams are a step ahead of the competition and have already demonstrated an ability to im...
2022-05-141h 33
Climate RisingXPRIZE: Accelerating Climate Change SolutionsMarcius Extavour, XPRIZE’s VP-Climate and Energy, discusses how his organization designs competitions to spur innovations for carbon removal and carbon utilization (converting greenhouse gasses into products). In discussing the Carbon XPRIZE and Carbon Removal XPRIZE competitions, Marcius explains how the prize model fosters solutions that address certain climate problems. He describes what makes for a successful climate-tech pitch, and shares specific resources for those interested in innovating and investing in climate tech.For transcripts and other resources, visit climaterising.org
2022-04-2051 min
Exponential WisdomEpisode 107: First Principles ThinkingPeter and Dan discuss first principles thinking, demonstrating why the world’s best entrepreneurs use this methodology to set massive goals. Elon Musk is perhaps the foremost example of entrepreneurial success as a direct result of his mindset, problem-solving strategies, and intelligence.
In this episode:
Peter shares his takeaways from his conversation with Elon Musk, which kicked off their launch of the largest incentive competition in history, the $100M XPRIZE for Carbon Removal.
Dan gives insights about the education system and its flaws, and why he believes outliers are rewarded for audacious thinking.
Peter talks about the early days of Spa...
2021-08-2533 min
WideHealth Podcast SeriesWideHealth Seminars with Nina Reščič: XPrize Pandemic Response ChallengeSpeaker: Nina Reščič, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School
Title: XPrize Pandemic Response Challenge
Short bio:
Nina Reščič graduated in Applied Mathematics from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics in 2012. After working in the industry (Aviation and Aerospace Engineering) she began working at the Jožef Stefan Institute in 2017. She is working as a researcher and is a PhD student at the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School. Her research interests involve activity recognition, nutrition monitoring and mathematical modelling. She was a member of SHL Activity Recognition competition winning team...
2021-08-181h 00
Exponential WisdomEpisode 106: Technology Empowering TeamworkPeter and Dan talk about the extraordinary progress in human teamwork, how technologies like AI, networks, sensors, allow humans to communicate faster and easier.
In this episode:
Dan discusses increasing collaboration within his company, starting with focusing on each individual before any teamwork can happen.
Peter talks about the XPRIZE crowdsourced prize designs that happened during the beginning of the pandemic and the speed of the teamwork was amazing.
Peter and Dan give examples of how they run their team meetings on zoom including best practices and timing.
2021-07-3032 min
Future PositiveWhy We Need Alternative ProteinsXPRIZE Founder Peter H. Diamandis is in conversation with His Excellency Faisal Al Bannai, the Secretary-General of the Advanced Technology Research Council at ASPIRE, partner and sponsor of XPRIZE Feed The Next Billion. Tune in to hear these industry leaders discuss the fight against global food insecurity.His Excellency Faisal Al Bannai, Secretary General, Advanced Technology Research Council, sits with XPRIZE to chat about food security in the Middle East and how advanced research and technology will drive transformative breakthroughs in our future food systems. His Excellency oversees ASPIRE, the technology...
2021-07-2432 min
Data Science ConversationsHow XPRIZE is enabling AI for social goodIn this episode we are joined by the Director of AI and Data Operations at XPRIZE whose career path into the world of AI is fascinating. Neama Dadkhahnikoo shares his journey from his early days at Boeing back in 2005, through start up ventures, Techspert and Caregivers Direct, and re-training right through to the present day at XPRIZE.He reveals how anyone has the potential to make a real difference in using AI to help solve real world problems.The history of challenge prize competitions and how the British Monarchy were involvedChallenge prize is philanthropy with capitalism t...
2021-07-2040 min
Reversing Climate ChangeS2E71: Elon Musk's Carbon Removal XPRIZE—w/ Dr. Marcius Extavour, VP Energy & Climate at XPRIZEBig-ticket investments in carbon removal innovation are newsworthy, but perhaps nothing captures the public imagination quite like a cash prize. And the $100M purse associated with XPRIZE Carbon Removal happens to be the largest in history. So, how does an award of this magnitude translate to meaningful climate solutions?
Dr. Marcius Extavour is the Vice President of Energy and Climate at XPRIZE, a nonprofit using large-scale global competitions to crowdsource solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Dr. Extavour joins Ross to discuss XPRIZE Carbon Removal, explaining how Elon Musk go...
2021-07-0658 min
AI News#2127 OpenAI / Insilico Medicine / XPRIZE / Nvidia Canvas / Virtual StudentDavid Silver, head of the Reinforcement Learning research group at DeepMind, is awarded the honorary ranking of "Ninth Dan" for AlphaGo.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/18/computer-scientists-ask-if-deepmind-can-ever-make-ai-human-like.html
Insilico Medicine, an AI-based drug development and discovery platform, announced Tuesday Series C funding of $ 255 million.
https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/22/a-i-drug-discovery-platform-insilico-medicine-announces-255-million-in-series-c-funding/?guccounter=1
XPRIZE, the world's leading provider of incentive competitions to solve the world's great challenges, and IBM Watson, IBM's AI technology for business, today announced the grand prize winner of the $ 5 million IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Challenge. "
https://www.businesswire.com...
2021-07-0504 min
Future PositiveThis Podcast Will Extend Your LifeFor this week’s Future Positive Podcast we bring you an exclusive conversation with XPRIZE Founder, Peter H. Diamandis and XPRIZE Innovation Board Member, Sergey Young. In their conversation they dive deep into all aspects of longevity and what the implications of living longer will have on the future of humanity. They also both share their own advice on how to live a longer, healthier, younger and more active existence. Sergey Young is a longevity investor and visionary with a mission to extend healthy lifespans of at least on...
2021-06-2746 min
THE ONE'S CHANGING THE WORLD -PODCASTAI FOR GOOD/AI FOR ALL - SEAN MC GREGOR - TECH LEAD IBM WATSON XPRIZE, ML ENGINEER SYNTIANT & PAI#ibmwatson #xprize #syntiant #aiforgood #aiforall #pai #reinforcementlearning #artificialintelligence
Sean Mc Gregor is a #machinelearning engineer at Syntiant working on building energy-efficient neural processors, developing the Partnership on AI's Incident Database, and working with the XPRIZE Foundation to structure the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE a $5 million contest for solving Grand Challenges with artificial intelligence.
His technical work spans neural accelerators for energy-efficient inference, deep learning for speech and heliophysics, and reinforcement learning for wildfire suppression policy. Outside his paid work, Sean organizes a series of workshops at major academic AI conferences on the topic of "AI fo...
2021-05-3158 minFuture PositiveAvatar - A Sense of PresenceHow can avatars allow us to use our senses at a remote location in real time? Will we ever be able to smell and taste remotely? For this week’s Future Positive podcast, Amelia Abraham speaks with Dr. Jacki Morie – Scientist, Artist, Educator and Senior Advisor on the A.N.A Avatar XPRIZE to answer these questions and more. We also hear from four of the semifinalist teams competing in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE who take us through their approaches to creating robotic avatars that convey a sense of presence and human connection in the most...
2021-05-2335 min
The Pulse of AIDiscussion with the Winner of Xprize Pandemic Response ChallengeOn this podcast I am joined by Risto Miikkulainen from Cognizant and by Dr. Nuria Oliver from Valencia Spain who led her team to victory in the Cognizant sponsored Xprize Pandemic Response Challenge which was a four month, $500k challenge that focused on the development of data-driven AI systems to predict Covid-19 infection rates and prescribe intervention plans that regional governments, communities and organizations can implement to minimize harm when reopening their economies. Dr. Oliver's team was made up of 20 leading researchers and policy experts from universities and research institutes throughout Valencia, Spain. Click through to see...
2021-05-1236 minFuture PositiveWhat Alternative Fish Can Bring To The TableOur oceans, and specifically fish, have been on our cultural menu recently with the success of the much talked about documentary, Seaspiracy and the academy award success of the film My Octopus Teacher. On this week's episode Journalist Amelia Abraham takes a deep dive into the deep blue with XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion Judge and all round fish guy, Dr Keith Cox. They explore the depths of ocean health and how cultivated and plant-based fish can really help with healing this fragile ecosystem.Dr. Cox is a co-founder and Chief...
2021-05-0929 minFuture PositiveWORK/LIFE - The Perfect BalanceThis week we peer into how the work-life balance is playing out during the pandemic. The past year has had an effect on all our working lives; from remote working and home offices to disrupted shifts, furloughs and for many unfortunate people, unemployment. For this episode, we get some insight into the reality of working lives by asking our own colleagues at XPRIZE to weigh in on this global change to work. Journalist and Writer Amelia Abraham interviews our Chief Prize Operations Officer here at XPRIZE, Chanda Gonzales-Mowrer. Their conversation explores the post...
2021-05-0229 minFuture PositiveWIRED Brand Lab: Carbon Capture Winners RevealedDid you miss the live reveal of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE hosted by WIRED Brand Labs and moderated by Wired Editor Megan Greenwell? Fear not! We hit the record button and captured it in its full unedited glory for you to listen to now. In 2015, XPRIZE launched the $20M NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, a competition to jumpstart the carbontech economy and tackle global warming. Last Monday, April 19th the winners were revealed in an online event hosted by the Wired Brand Lab. Megan Greenwell sat down with the winners and...
2021-04-2544 minFuture PositiveCarbon Capture: Past, Present and FutureThis week we take you on a time travelling adventure into the past, present and future of Carbon Capture as journalist Amelia Abraham interviews XPRIZE’s own world leaders of Carbontech. First Mike Leitch, Technical Lead, NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE, takes us on a whistle stop tour of Carbontech history. Before XPRIZE, he served as the Research Manager at RGL Reservoir Management, an oilfield manufacturing company based in Edmonton, Canada. There, he worked with a diverse team of engineers and scientists at the University of Alberta to build a comprehensive understanding of little kn...
2021-04-1832 minFuture PositiveSpaceIL 2 Years OnFor this week’s episode we are excited to bring you a conversation between our own CEO Anousheh Ansari and the Co-Founder and Deputy CEO of Space IL Kfir Damari. Three engineers walk into a bar. On this day two years ago their team’s lander ‘Beresheet’ made its descent to the surface of the moon after a 48 day journey. What happened next didn’t exactly follow the playbook....Established in 2011, Space IL competed in the Google Lunar XPRIZE and won the $1 Million Dollar ‘Moon Shot’ award for it’s successful entry into lunar...
2021-04-1142 minFuture PositiveThe Future of FoodFor today’s episode, we’re tuning in to a conversation recorded back in May 2020. This fascinating discussion tackles issues around food insecurity, including but not limited to the impact of COVID-19 on food systems and identifying how AI can help us reach zero hunger and shape the food landscape of tomorrow. Led by Caroline Kolta, Senior Associate here at XPRIZE with contributions from Bernhard Kowatsch, Lorin Fries and Merijn Dols.Bernhard Kowatsch is Head of the Innovation Accelerator at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The Accelerator identifies, nurtures and scales disruptive star...
2021-04-0453 minFuture PositiveThe Future of Intimacy - Love and Dating in a Post Covid WorldThis week we bring you a peek into our intimate futures. We are well over a year into the lockdown caused by this pandemic and our lives have changed inconceivably. Probably the biggest change though is our lack of intimacy with other people. Technology is adapting though, as it always has. The telephone made communication with a distant loved one much easier. Algorithms in dating apps allow our future partner to get automatically shifted from the ghosters, the players and the people with no table manners. Most recently Zoom has become a verb which...
2021-03-2831 minFuture PositiveRainforests: People, Climate & Policy The world of rainforest conservation is quickly changing. Technology’s exponential development is enabling a wide range of advances in conservation, while simultaneously showing the limitations of humanity’s knowledge. We know now more than ever about earth’s most diverse ecosystem, yet there is so much left to be understood. On today’s podcast we bring you a discussion between two incredible conservationists, and two members of the XPRIZE Rainforest Advisory Board: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Shyla Raghav, who take a deep dive into People, Climate & Policy and why the world ne...
2021-03-2154 minFuture PositiveNeama Dadkhahnikoo sits down with A.I. entrepreneur Anita Schjøll BredeIn this week's Future Positive podcats, XPRIZE’s own Neama Dadkhahnikoo sits down with A.I. entrepreneur Anita Schjøll Brede to ask her all about her experience as a thought leader and woman in A.I., her tenacity to identify problems and her incredible ability to solve them. She also shares with us which women have inspired her along the way.Anita is the CEO and Co-Founder of Iris.ai; an AI science assistant, able to read and connect scientific knowledge, that will grow up to be the world’s first AI Researcher within a decad...
2021-03-0633 minFuture PositiveWhy The World Needs Incentive PrizesFor this week’s podcast we are bringing you another Radical Read written by journalist Amelia Abraham and read by our host Sofie Tapia. From the invention of a device to measure longitude at sea back in the 18th Century to our newest and biggest Prize ever, XPRIZE Carbon Removal, incentive prizes make the impossible possible. Find out Why We Need Incentive Prizes to truly foster genius.The XPRIZE Carbon Removal is aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity — fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle...
2021-02-2008 min
ШоПоКоКак выиграть в конкурсе XPRIZEЧто такое конкурсы XPRIZE, зачем они нужны, как принять участие в одном из них и даже победить — рассказывает морской геолог Юлия Зарайская. Ведущий: Антон Поздняков, Гость: Юлия Зарайская Темы [00:00:33] ⋅⋅⋅ Приветствие [00:01:06] ⋅⋅⋅ Реклама: Яндекс Браузер Модуль о технической стороне браузеров в 300 выпуске Бородокаста [00:03:03] ⋅⋅⋅ В гостях Юлия Зарайская, победитель Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Видео про космический туризм [00:13:26] ⋅⋅⋅ Какое место в жизни участников занимал конкурс XPRIZE The Big Beard Theory 241 — Интервью с Copenhagen Suborbitals [00:26:48] ⋅⋅⋅ Техническая сторона проектов участников конкурса [00:35:09] ⋅⋅⋅ Есть ли альтернативы сонарам для исследования дна [00:43:47] ⋅⋅⋅ Проект команды-победителя [00:59:16] ⋅⋅⋅ Финал и результаты Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE [01:06:56] ⋅⋅⋅ Прощание и переход в послешоу Видео о приливах и отливах 👉 Послешоу — Планы и коллабы 👉 YouTube-версия подкаста 👉 Канал «Давайте разбираться» Контакты: 📧 Почта для вопросов ap@beardycast.com 🗨️ Оставить комментарий к выпуску 🐦Twitter 📸 Instagram 💬 Наш публичный чат и новостной канал в Телеграме Наши подкасты: 🧔 BeardyCast 🚀 The Big Beard Theory 💪 BeardyBuilding 📸 Похоже, я фотограф 🎮 Батина Консоль 💉 ИНВИТРО 💡 Не знаете, как подписаться на подкаст? Читайте статью «Как слушать подкасты»! Музыкальное оформление: illhesher Special Guest: Зарайская Юлия.
2021-02-181h 10Future PositiveThe World Reacts: XPRIZE Carbon RemovalIn this special news round-up of the Future Positive podcast we’re talking all things XPRIZE Carbon Removal – our new $100M Prize for a technology that removes carbon from the atmosphere, halting climate change in the process. First, XPRIZE’s Chief Impact Officer Zenia Tata, one of the primary designers of XPRIZE Carbon Removal, runs through one of the most common reactions to the Prize announcement – “But what about trees!” – explaining why trees are no longer enough when it comes to offsetting our emissions. Thought-leader and climate expert Marcius Extavour brings us up to speed on the e...
2021-02-1318 minFuture PositiveRadical Read - A Lot Can (Climate) Change in a WeekIn this bonus podcast we are bringing you a Radical Idea written by journalist Amelia Abraham and read by our host Sofie Tapia. The article was written in response to President Joe Biden rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement and just a few days later Elon Musk teasing the largest prize in human history, the $100M XPRIZE CARBON REMOVAL. These two events alone have seriously changed the future of our planet by shifting our agenda towards climate change. Released to coincide with the launch of the XPRIZE Carbon Removal which is aimed at...
2021-02-1007 minFuture PositiveThe Future of UsOn this week's Future Positive our host Neama Dadkhahnikoo, Technical Lead of the AI XPRIZE chairs a virtual roundtable with a panel of female innovators in the field of AI. Andy Coravos is the CEO and founder of Elektra Labs, a company that advances healthcare by enabling safe, effective, and personalized use of connected products (wearables and other connected sensors) at home.Kishau Rogers is a Computer Scientist, Systems Thinker, Entrepreneur and CEO of Time Study Inc. A venture-backed startup offering solutions for using machine learning, advanced natural language processing, and...
2021-02-0746 min
The Boundless PodcastEP26 Infinite Leaders: Amir Banifatemi, Chief Innovation Officer at XPRIZE: Using grand challenges to solve global problems💬 “When we are able to remove the lens of geography, culture, biases, economics, religion, or protectionism, we will see that others’ problems are universally the same as ours.” @Amir Banifatemi This is a conversation with Amir Banifatemi 🎙️ Amir is the General Manager for Innovation and Growth at XPRIZE where he leads the AI initiatives and is Executive Director for the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE and the ANA Avatar XPRIZE.Prior to joining XPRIZE, Amir began his career at the European Space Agency and then held executive positions at Airbus, AP-HP and the European Commission division for informatio...
2021-02-0330 minFuture PositiveWorking Towards TomorrowWelcome to a special edition of The Future Positive podcast. For this week's pod our host Shlomy Kattan, Chief Advancement Officer at XPRIZE virtually sits down with two thought leaders, Desmond Dickerson and Dwayne Matthews to discuss the future of work and education whilst also giving some priceless advice on the best ways to work remotely.Desmond Dickerson is a Manager and Innovation Consultant for the Cognizant Center for the Future of Work. He’s a passionate advocate and leader for the African American and Latino Business Resource Group. Under his guidance, the group has he...
2021-01-3052 min
Cognizant PodcastsXPRIZE and Cognizant Team Up to Address COVID with AIBefore the world could get a complete sense of the havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause, Cognizant preemptively partnered with XPRIZE to launch a pandemic response challenge, by inviting the world’s greatest AI minds to find innovative ways to reopen societies and restart economies, using an AI model capable of generating data-driven, actionable plans. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Amir Banifatemi of Xprize and Babak Hodjat of Cognizant on a new XPRIZE Challenge which is designed to develop AI driven insights and solutions to help government officials ma...
2020-12-2248 minCognizant Podcasts (OLD)XPRIZE and Cognizant Team Up to Address COVID with AIBefore the world could get a complete sense of the havoc that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause, Cognizant preemptively partnered with XPRIZE to launch a pandemic response challenge, by inviting the world’s greatest AI minds to find innovative ways to reopen societies and restart economies, using an AI model capable of generating data-driven, actionable plans. In this podcast episode, Jason Stoughton, a veteran technologist, AI enthusiast, author and entrepreneur, speaks with Amir Banifatemi of Xprize and Babak Hodjat of Cognizant on a new XPRIZE Challenge which is designed to develop AI driven insights and solutions to help government officials ma...
2020-12-2248 minFuture PositiveUsing AI to Protect the PlanetIn this modern age of technology, artificial intelligence has the unique ability to shed light on environmentally destructive practices while providing solutions to help protect our world. In today’s episode, Marcius Extavour, Executive Director of Prize Operations on Energy and Resources here at XPRIZE, chats with Andrew Zolli, Vice President of Global Impact at Planet, and Sasha Luccioni, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Mila Labs. Urgent action is needed to combat climate change, and today’s conversation will focus not only on identifying solutions for the sustainable use of our planet’s resources but will help us re-imagine the future...
2020-12-2049 minFuture PositiveThe Inspiration Behind $15m XPRIZE Feed the Next BillionFor over 25 years, XPRIZE has convened the brightest minds from around the globe to tackle the world’s greatest challenges. One of the most pressing problems facing humanity today is food insecurity, and the need for nutritious, affordable, and sustainably-sourced food has reached critical status. In this exciting episode hosted by XPRIZE Founder and Executive Chairman, Peter H. Diamandis, we’re talking to world-renowned author, philanthropist and business strategist, Tony Robbins, as he discusses the inspiration behind the latest competition, $15M XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion.By 2050, Earth’s population will have reached 9.7 billion. The demand for hi...
2020-12-0729 min
The Tony Robbins PodcastHow will we feed the next billion? | Tony's interview from XPRIZE: Future PositiveFor over 25 years, XPRIZE has convened the brightest minds from around the globe to tackle the world's greatest challenges. One of the most pressing problems facing humanity today is food insecurity, and the need for nutritious, affordable, and sustainably-sourced food has reached critical status. In this exciting interview with XPRIZE Founder and Executive Chairman, Peter H. Diamandis, Tony talks about the inspiration behind the latest competition, the $15M XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion. This episode is from XPRIZE's own Future Positive podcast and released with their permission here. By 2050, Earth's population will have reached 9.7 billion...
2020-12-0731 minFuture PositiveCollaboration. The Superpower of the 21st CenturyCollaboration. The Superpower of the 21st Century XPRIZE convenes the world’s brightest minds to help solve some of the most pressing challenges, and for this special Giving Tuesday episode, we’re taking a look back at 2020 with avid entrepreneur, philanthropist and XPRIZE Trustee Paresh Ghelani; physician-scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and Chair of the XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance Task Force Daniel Kraft; and Sonny Kohli, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at CloudDX, a co-winner of the $10M Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, a Fast Company "World Changing Idea" finalist. Paresh, Daniel and Sonny look back at the year to shar...
2020-11-291h 07Future PositiveDEFCON 2020 Part 2: A Crazy Idea from Bret WeinsteinWelcome to “Future Positive,” a podcast from XPRIZE. We convene the world’s brightest minds, across a kaleidoscope of cultures and points of view, revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world. The views on this podcast are those expressed by guests as their own personal views and their appearance on the podcast does not imply an endorsement of the guests or their views by XPRIZE.”The gloves are off. The end of the 20th century saw the implosion of communist dictatorships across the globe. In 1989 with the fall of the Berlin wall, we...
2020-11-071h 01Future PositiveDEFCON 2020 Part 1: The Democracy We Deserve feat. ACLU’s Susan Herman, Joe TrippiWelcome to “Future Positive,” a podcast from XPRIZE. We convene the world’s brightest minds, across a kaleidoscope of cultures and points of view, revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world. The views on this podcast are not those of XPRIZE.Democracy’s obituary? Part 1: The Dark Side of Technology The end of the 20th century saw the implosion of communist dictatorships across the globe. In 1989 with the fall of the Berlin wall, we saw democracy greatly expanding, and in the 1989 essay “The End of History’’ American acade...
2020-10-3058 minFuture PositiveThe Future Needs Creativity feat. Brent Bushnell + Chris CopelandIn this week’s episode, Dr. Emily Church, Executive Director of Equity & Education at XPRIZE, will be dropping in on a conversation between Brent Bushnell, entrepreneur, engineer and CEO/co-founder of Two Bit Circus and Chris Copeland, professional athlete who has played for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, ultimately earning the nickname "The X-Factor". In this candid conversation, Brent and Chris come together to talk about creativity, their experience at XPRIZE Visioneering, and the importance of experimentation and taking risks. Brent Bushnell is an entrepreneur, engineer and CEO/co-founder of Two Bi...
2020-08-0800 minFuture PositiveScience Fiction Becomes Science Fact with Kim Stanley RobinsonIn this episode, XPRIZE founder Peter H. Diamandis discusses AI and how it is often portrayed in science fiction with world renowned sci-fi author Kim Stanley Robinson, at XPRIZE Visioneering recorded at Paramount Studios. Robinson questions our relationship with AI and the important future of synthetic medicine. Although he is inspired by space exploration, he argues that the race to Mars is not an urgent problem, but rather a reward for fixing the problems on planet Earth. Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and ex...
2020-07-1800 minFuture PositiveThe Future of Space Exploration with SpaceX COO, Gwynne ShotwellIn this episode, XPRIZE CEO and astronaut Anousheh Ansari, talks to SpaceX COO and President, Gwynne Shotwell, about working with interstellar innovator Elon Musk, and the company's plans for the future of space travel and exploration including its plans to build communities on the moon, Mars and beyond. Recorded at Paramount Studios during XPRIZE Visioneering, Anousheh invites guests to question Gwynne about her predictions for commercial space travel.Anousheh Ansari is CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. Ansari, along with her fami...
2020-07-0300 minFuture PositiveVisions of the Future with the cast from Star Trek: The Next GenerationEpisode 2: In this episode, join XPRIZE founder and Star Trek superfan, Peter H. Diamandis for a special recording at Visioneering with LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis and Rod Roddenberry from Star Trek: The Next Generation live from Paramount Studios. XPRIZE’s vision of a future of abundance is inspired by Star Trek’s IDIC (Infinite Diversity Infinite Combinations) and this incredible line-up discusses their inspiration from the franchise including female empowerment, living in a post-scarcity world and how Star Trek’s technology predictions are starting to come true. Recently named by Fortune as one of the...
2020-06-2700 minFuture PositiveThe Future of Conservation with Harrison Ford & Wes BushNEW SEASONWelcome to Future Positive from XPRIZE. This season we aim to bring you the most future-forward topics, covering everything from AI to avatars, to climate change, and more. We will share conversations from game-changing leaders, tech entrepreneurs and heavyweights from the creative industry - revealing their inspirations, and how and why they will change the world.Captured during Visioneering at Paramount Studios, Peter H. Diamandis is joined by Harrison Ford and Wes Bush from Conservation International. In a thrilling discussion, they discuss the urgency to change the economics, behaviors and...
2020-06-2200 min
Future PositiveCOVID-19 and the Future of Food with Caroline KoltaWelcome to the final episode of our new XPRIZE podcast series, Not Going Back To Normal, Imagining Life After COVID-19, featuring Caroline Kolta. In this episode, Caroline questions what role our food system played in leading to COVID-19, and what the future of our food systems will look like as we emerge from the pandemic. Caroline’s own work in food and agriculture led her to realize that it’s time to recognize the interconnectedness of animal health, people’s health, and planetary health. Caroline Kolta comes to the XPRIZE Foundation with o...
2020-06-2100 min
Future PositiveExploring the Gender Data Gap with Anya Shakhmeyster feat. Anousheh Ansari, Catherine Connors, and Lisa Bilyeu -Welcome to the latest episode of our brand new XPRIZE podcast series, Not Going Back To Normal, Imagining Life After COVID-19, featuring Anousheh Ansari, Anya Shakhmeyster, Catherine Connors, and Lisa Bilyeu. In this episode, Anya gets inside the minds of three women who are disrupting traditional gender stereotypes every single day. Lisa, Catherine and Anousheh share their personal mission for female progress, and some positive disruptions they see happening in our world due to COVID-19. Catherine Connors is the CEO of League of Badass Women and is the co-author of The...
2020-06-1200 min
Future PositivePride 50 with Chris Classen ft. Councilmember John D’AmicoWelcome to the latest episode of our brand new XPRIZE podcast series - Not Going Back To Normal, Imagining Life After COVID-19 featuring Chris Classen.This June marks 50 years since the first permitted Pride Parade, taking place in Los Angeles in 1970, an audacious act in a time when your sexuality could leave you in handcuffs. In this week’s episode, Chris reflects on the beginnings of Pride, and with guest John D’Amico, former mayor and current council member of the City of West Hollywood, and explores all the ways things have changed since those first step...
2020-05-2900 min
Future PositiveImagining a World without Schools with Emily ChurchIn this week’s episode Emily shares her experience working and parenting at a time when schools are closed indefinitely. Even without this pandemic, Emily reflects on how a world without schools is a reality for many parents and children around the world. Dr. Emily Musil Church is the Executive Director of Education & Learning at XPRIZE, where she led the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE, and leads XPRIZE’s educational outreach and equity programs. Prior to joining XPRIZE, she spent over a decade in academia, where as a professor she specialized in human rights, global deve...
2020-05-1500 min
Into the Impossible With Brian KeatingPeter Diamandis, Founder of the XPrize Foundation and Singularity University (#045) Peter Diamandis is a remarkable entrepreneur, and futurist, best known as the Founder & Executive Chairman of XPRIZE Foundation. His new book, written with Steven Kotler, is “The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives.” Already a bestseller, it is both timely and important. In this discussion with Brian Keating, Diamandis shares his vision for technological and educational advances over the next decade and how COVID-19 has accelerated the timeline.Show notes and resources are available here.
04:49 How COVID-19 will change what the next ten years look lik...
2020-05-1556 min
Future PositiveArtificial Intelligence and COVID-19 with Devin Krotman & Neama Dadkhahnikoo Welcome to the third episode of our brand new XPRIZE podcast series - Not Going Back To Normal, Imagining Life After COVID-19 featuring Neama Dadkhahnikoo and Devin Krotman.In this weeks podcast Neama Dadkhahnikoo and Devin Krotman discuss how artificial intelligence is being used during the Covid-19 pandemic and how this same technology will be able to be rolled out to tackle other problems in our uncertain future. From tracking to predicting the spread of infectious diseases to helping doctors and scientists diagnose patients and discover new drugs expediently.
2020-05-0700 min
Future PositiveThe Importance of Human Touch with Jacquelyn MorieWelcome to the second episode of our brand new XPRIZE podcast series - Not Going Back To Normal, Imagining Life After COVID-19 featuring Jacquelyn Morie.In this podcast Jacki looks at how humans require touch, studies show that babies who are never touched fail to thrive but the Covid-19 pandemic has brought the use of remote digital technology to the fore. We are now using digital platforms for our work, for our entertainment and for our social need for human to human contact. But how do we as humans thrive in this immaterial world? Jacki...
2020-05-0700 min
Future PositiveUnexpected Environmental Side Effects of COVID-19 with Marcius ExtavourWelcome to the first of our brand new XPRIZE podcast series - Not Going Back To Normal, Imagining Life After COVID-19 featuring Marcus Extavour.In this podcast Marcius guides us through the unexpected environmental side effects of the Covid-19 outbreak and how humans all around the world are responding with data driven optimism. This pandemic has brought clean air to the most polluted parts of the world and this unexpected environmental impact got Marcius thinking about other links between the Covid-19 outbreak and our climate. Marcius Extavour, PHD is the Executive Director...
2020-05-0700 min
Rozmówki Techno LogiczneRainforest XPRIZEHej! Karol nam wyruszył w świat, musieliśmy więc zmienić plany. Jak zwykle jednak, mamy coś ciekawego. Ty razem pogadamy trochę o fundacji XPRIZE i o ich ambitnych konkursach, które mają za zadanie namieszać we współcześnie używanych technologiach. Zapraszamy!
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2020-03-121h 08
The LindberghsJyotika Virmani Ocean Mapping XPRIZE Planet and Environment at XPRIZE, Jyotika shares the amazing work that is being done to help fix many of the grand challenges facing our oceans and the surprises that come along with the journey. View the XPRIZE series here: https://www.thelindberghs.com/xprize.
2019-10-1354 min
The LindberghsAnousheh Ansari - CEO of the XPRIZE FoundationIn this episode CEO of the XPRIZE foundation, Anousheh Ansari shares the amazing work that is being done to help fix many of the grand challenges facing humanity today. Enjoy this fun episode. View the XPRIZE series here: https://www.thelindberghs.com/xprize.
2019-10-0642 min
The LindberghsPeter Diamandis launches XPRIZEIn this episode Peter Diamandis and Erik Lindbergh recount how they managed to save the XPRIZE Foundation when it was looking like it was about to fail. Enjoy this fun episode. View the XPRIZE series here: https://www.thelindberghs.com/xprize.
2019-09-2950 min
Future GrindXPRIZE and Collaborative Innovation with Amir BanifatemiIn this installment of the Future Grind podcast, host Ryan O’Shea is joined by Amir Banifatemi, the General Manager of Innovation and Growth at XPRIZE. XPRIZE is a nonprofit organization that offers cash prizes to encourage teams to create technology capable of solving humanity’s grand challenges and bring us closer to a better, safer, more sustainable world. In this role Amir is directly involved with prizes including the $5 Million IBM Watson AI XPRIZE and the $10 Million ANA Avatar XPRIZE. In addition to his work with XPRIZE, Amir is a co-founder and curator of the AI for...
2019-07-1247 min
Mastering InnovationEyes on the XPrize: How the Famous Competition is Tackling Illiteracy NextShlomy Kattan, Executive Director of the Adult Literacy XPrize Competition, shares about the development of the XPrize foundation since its inception in 1994 and how the competition he oversees is working to make reading more accessible to everyone. Read more: https://mackinstitute.wharton.upenn.edu/2018/xprize-shlomy-kattan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-11-1534 min
Going Deep with Aaron Watson348 Can the XPrize make I, Robot a Reality? (w/ Amir Banifatemi)Amir Banifatemi is the General Manager for Innovation and Growth at XPrize and is an Executive Advisor for the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE & the ANA Avatar XPRIZE. Prior to joining XPRIZE, Mr. Banifatemi began his career at the European Space Agency and then held executive positions at Airbus, AP-HP and the European Commission division for information society and media. He’s previously managed two venture capital funds and contributed to the formation of more than 10 startups with emphasis on Information Technologies, Telecommunications, IoT, and Healthcare. We talk about...
2018-10-1031 min
Exponential WisdomEpisode 58: Digital Avatars Creating an Abundance of TimePeter and Dan discuss an exciting new experience using virtual reality technology to attend live presentations anywhere in the world. Peter also describes his experience after a 90-minute VR presentation, taking off his headset and snapping back into the real world at the XPRIZE office.
In this episode:
Peter tells the story of meeting High Fidelity founder Philip Rosedale in a virtual world with a live audience of 200 people watching as he gave a talk on exponential technology.
Peter describes the moment seeing his digital avatar and the VR space created with a replica of SpaceShip One in the Mojave d...
2018-09-1421 min
Exponential WisdomEpisode 55: The Immorality of MortalityPeter and Dan discuss a recent trip to Vatican City, where the XPRIZE Vision Circle & Innovation Board members met on the annual Adventure Trip to discuss longevity and regenerative medicine, piggybacking on the United to Cure conference hosted by the Pope.
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Peter discusses his opening remarks at the conference with fellow panelists George Church (one of the creators of gene-editing CRISPR technology), Martine Rothblatt (CEO of United Therapeutics, whose goal is to regenerate human organs), and Lou Reese and Mei Mei Hu (co-CEOs of United Neuroscience, focused on creating vaccines against Alzheimer's and Parkinson’s disease).
Dan br...
2018-06-2421 minPopular Technology RadioOrbi, Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE, and Intel Studies Whales | #178From your fortified bunker of a home to the open ocean, technology is enhancing our lives in more ways than we can count. NETGEAR Product Management Leader for Orbi Connected Home, Amit Rele, describes how their Orbi mesh Wi-Fi network can deliver internet to the farthest reaches of your house. With tri-band communication, a sleek, accessible app, and great coverage with just two units, Orbi consistently garners praise from reviewers across the net. Then, we dive deep with XPRIZE Prize Lead and Senior Director of Planet and Environment, Jyotika Virmani, Ph.D., who fills us in on the nine...
2018-03-311h 22
Exponential WisdomEpisode 35: Science Fiction Becomes Science RealityPeter and Dan discuss awarding the $10 million Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE, which involved designing a portable wireless device that can monitor and diagnose health conditions from the palm of your hand. The prize concept originated during a lunch with Qualcomm’s Executive Chairman Paul Jacobs, a fellow Star Trek fan, when they decided the Tricorder medical device should exist.
In this episode:
Peter describes the power of incentive prizes with examples dating back to 1714, including the invention of canned food.
Considering the vast amounts of data in the healthcare field, Dan and Peter explain why AI will have a major role in...
2017-05-0222 min
AWP Kini Interviews with Leading Water PractionersZenia Tata, XPRIZE – The Importance of Funding Innovation for the Benefit of HumanityZenia Tata is the Executive Director, Global Expansion at XPRIZE.
Her areas of expertise include program design, management, and business development for not-for-profit organizations and business enterprises.
XPRIZE is a non-profit innovation engine that is striving to push the limits of what’s possible. Learn more about XPRIZE here. The Water Abundance XPRIZE is global competition with a USD$1.75 million prize purse. Team registrations for the competition closes on Friday, April 28th. Learn more about the Water Abundance XPRIZE at water.xprize.org
Zenia talks extensively on the work being done by XPRIZE on making affordable and scalable innovation available to...
2017-04-1200 min
Exponential WisdomEpisode 31: Planning Your MoonshotThe word “moonshot” is a term that comes from X (formerly Google X) and, as used here, simply means a daring, seemingly impossible mission. When most of the world is trying to go 10% bigger, a moonshot is something that is 10X bigger. Peter and Dan discuss a new tool Peter developed to help you take moonshots.
In this episode:
Dan tells the story of Peter’s first moonshot when achieving suborbital flight with the Ansari XPRIZE in 2004.
Peter discusses his 5 Year Moonshot Planner and why all progress begins with telling yourself the truth. To download the tool, click here.
Peter and Da...
2017-02-0618 min
Healthcare Tech Talk- Exploring how technology can help meet the challenges in Healthcare.HTT 44: Healthcare Trek Talk-Building the Medical Tricorder with XPRIZE!Imagine a portable, wireless device in the palm of your hand that monitors and diagnoses your health conditions. That is the technology envisioned by this XPRIZE competition, inspired by Star Trek, and it will allow unprecedented access to personal health metrics. Today we talk with Grant Campany and Rick Valencia about how the XPRIZE process from inspiration to the awarding of the prize and what they hope to achieve with through these grand endeavors. Tricorder.xprize.org
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