In the feature story “From the Desk of: Anousheh Ansari: How a moonshot idea inspired 30 years of XPRIZE innovation,” Vox highlights the journey of Anousheh Ansari, M.S. ‘92, to becoming CEO of XPRIZE. Ansari reflects on how XPRIZE competitions drive technological breakthroughs and catalyze investment.
Here is an excerpt from the article: “To date, we’ve launched 30 XPRIZE competitions totaling more than half a billion dollars. Those prizes have generated $7.2 billion worth of capital investment, both by competing teams and investment into those teams. For obvious reasons, that first prize remains one of my favorites. But others spring to mind: Our ongoing prize for gigaton-scale carbon removal, which, in addition to causing a spike in the number of companies created to remove CO2, is also bringing legitimacy to the carbon credit industry with real, verifiable hard numbers.”
Read the full article on Vox.