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We use large-scale global incentive competitions to crowdsource solutions to the world's grand challenges.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · Feb 21

✖️ We’re XPRIZE ✖️

We’re a #nonprofit that encourages innovators to tackle the world’s toughest problems through incentivized competitions. We’re addressing humanity's biggest challenges—from #climatechange, to #waterscarcity, and beyond.

Learn about our work below. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUZ8...

30 Years of Changing the World Forever: XPRIZE's Impact + History

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 1d

Learn more about how XPRIZE is accelerating climate breakthroughs in our 2025 Impact Report here. www.xprize.org/articles/imp...

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At the #BrazilClimateSummit, leaders from government, finance, and industry explored Brazil’s role in shaping the global climate agenda ahead of #COP30. Themes included biodiversity, public–private investment, and making nature-based solutions central to COP30.

#biodiversity

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Stay tuned for more updates from #XPRIZEWildfire Autonomous Wildfire Response Track Semifinals testing. Learn more about the Semifinalists here. www.xprize.org/prizes/wildf...

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 1d

Semifinals testing continues for the #XPRIZEWildfire Autonomous Wildfire Response Track with Team Dryad! The team showcased their solar-powered sensors and an autonomous suppression drone, designed to work together as a seamless system for destructive #wildfire prevention.

#wildfires #drone

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 2d

#XPRIZEHealthspan is made possible thanks to the generosity of Co-Title Sponsors Hevolution Foundation and SOLVE FSHD, in addition to other individual benefactors. GSK, a global biopharma company, joins XPRIZE Healthspan as the Official Pharmaceutical Industry Partner.

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 2d

We’re in the midst of a paradigm shift: from reactive medicine to proactive health. We’re helping to accelerate this shift with the $101M #XPRIZEHealthspan global competition and the $10M FSHD Bonus Prize. Learn more here. xprize.org/healthspan

XPRIZE Healthspan

XPRIZE Healthspan is a 7-year, $101 million global competition to revolutionize the way we approach human aging.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 2d

What if aging could be measured, monitored, and even slowed down? Science shows it’s possible. Genetic “switches” shape how we age, hallmarks reveal cell wear-and-tear, and drugs like rapamycin may help delay decline. Learn about these breakthroughs. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/shorts/YNtxG...

#healthspan

These 3 Innovations Are Driving the Future of Healthy Aging 🤯 | XPRIZE Healthspan #shorts

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 3d

Discover how we’re accelerating breakthroughs in climate and nature in the 2025 XPRIZE Impact Report. www.xprize.org/articles/imp...

XPRIZE Impact Report 2025

XPRIZE delivers some of the highest returns on philanthropic capital by tackling problems and catalyzing investment that traditional systems can’t—or won’t.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 3d

At #ClimateWeekNYC, #XPRIZERainforest and Arapyaú Institute hosted a panel on biodiversity data in Brazil. 🌱

XPRIZE’s Michelle Siqueira joined leaders including COP30 Pres. Amb. Correa do Lago and Map of Life to discuss how AI, eDNA, and bioacoustics are closing data gaps.

#AI #biodiversity #eDNA

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 5d

Read about our 60x impact in the 2025 Impact Report here. www.xprize.org/articles/imp...

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 5d

At #ClimateWeekNYC, Nikki Batchelor moderated a panel on turning cities into carbon sinks.

Experts in biochar, marine CDR, bio-based construction, and mineralization shared how urban planning can become a driver of carbon removal and climate progress.

#carbonremoval #CDR #biochar

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 5d

From the classroom to the open sea, these students’ innovation unlocked a groundbreaking way to map the ocean floor.🌊 Ocean Quest secured prototype vehicles, built algorithms, and overcame setbacks to win the $1M NOAA Bonus Prize. Learn more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=48kp...

#ocean #tech #technology

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Dr. Shawna Pandya @shawnapandya.bsky.social · 21d

So excited to leverage my background in space medicine to pitch a new concept for this year's @xprize.org Space & Exploration track. Amazing experience to work with an organization that I've admired for so long to catalyze exponential change against grand challenges. 🥰🩺👩🏽‍🚀🚀🏥✨️

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Dr. Shawna Pandya @shawnapandya.bsky.social · 22d

Your friendly doctor-scientist-astronaut here, just to reassure you that I don't just hop on and off planes, sometimes I do meaningful work at my destinations, too. Here is my @xprize.org work explained in 80 seconds. 🌏🚀🏥👩🏽‍🚀✨️

#science #xprize #astronaut #medicine #spacemedicine

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 8d

Imagine a future where clean water is readily and easily accessible to all, enhancing communities worldwide and safeguarding marine ecosystems. 💧The #XPRIZEWaterScarcity Qualified Teams are driving solutions to make that a reality. Learn more: xprize.org/prizes/water...

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These Incredible Innovators Are Helping to Scale Global Water Access 🤯💧 #shorts

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 10d

🔥 That’s why we’re building Mission Methane, our next climate prize, and raising funding to close these gaps and deliver rapid cooling.

📊 Learn more in the 2025 Impact Report.

XPRIZE Impact Report 2025

XPRIZE delivers some of the highest returns on philanthropic capital by tackling problems and catalyzing investment that traditional systems can’t—or won’t.

www.xprize.org

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 10d

🌍 At #ClimateWeekNYC, we co-hosted a methane innovation workshop with @sparkclimate.bsky.social.

Methane is 30% of today’s warming—but big gaps remain for livestock & natural emissions.

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 11d

📊 Learn how we create 60x impact → www.xprize.org/articles/imp...

XPRIZE Impact Report 2025

XPRIZE delivers some of the highest returns on philanthropic capital by tackling problems and catalyzing investment that traditional systems can’t—or won’t.

www.xprize.org

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 11d

🌱 As Climate Week wrapped, we highlighted a natural disaster that is becoming more common and spreading to once untouched regions: wildfires 🔥

This is the business of breakthroughs turning urgent global challenges into solvable problems.

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 12d

📊Read our 2025 Impact Report to learn how we drive 60x returns → www.xprize.org/articles/imp...
#XPRIZE #CarbonRemoval #ClimateAction

XPRIZE Impact Report 2025

XPRIZE delivers some of the highest returns on philanthropic capital by tackling problems and catalyzing investment that traditional systems can’t—or won’t.

www.xprize.org

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 12d

🌱 Continuing #ClimateWeekNYC at the #PuroSummit, we joined suppliers, buyers, policymakers and investors to spotlight the role of carbon removal in reaching net zero.

The message was clear: the proof points are here — now it’s time to scale with integrity.

XPRIZE Impact Report 2025

XPRIZE delivers some of the highest returns on philanthropic capital by tackling problems and catalyzing investment that traditional systems can’t—or won’t.

www.xprize.org

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 16d

Water scarcity is no longer a distant problem. People all over the world are experiencing the effects of the water crisis. Through #XPRIZEWaterScarcity, we’re uniting innovators to help bring clean water to all. Learn about the Qualified Teams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jffQElAijU8

XPRIZE @xprize.org · 19d

We're thrilled to announce the #XPRIZEWaterScarcity Qualified Teams! 💧These teams have passed a rigorous judging process, demonstrating strong potential to develop scalable seawater desalination solutions. Learn about the teams here. youtube.com/shorts/FizSY...

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 29d

This underscores the urgent need for the development of new technologies that can rapidly and accurately detect and respond to wildfires before they become destructive. #XPRIZEWildfire teams are creating these groundbreaking technologies. Learn more here. xprize.org/wildfire

XPRIZE Wildfire

The $11M XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year competition to innovate firefighting technologies that will end destructive wildfires. XPRIZE Wildfire is made possible

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XPRIZE @xprize.org · 29d

Climate change is fueling more extreme #wildfires. In 2025 alone, wildfires in Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus were 22% more intense, with 20 lives lost and 80,000 people forced to evacuate. Firefighters are being pushed to their limit. Learn more. ⬇️ apnews.com/article/clim...

#climatechange #wildfire

Climate change made deadly wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus more fierce, study finds

A new study says climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely.

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