Moonshots LIVE 2026

Where founders, builders and creators gather to change the world.

September 25, 2026 · Los Angeles

Join the Moonshots Mates for the inaugural Gathering of the world's greatest entrepreneurs, builders and creators, working together to build a hopeful and optimistic vision of tomorrow. Learn from the captains of industry, network with fellow builders, and discover your Moonshot. Limited to 1,500 participants selected through competitive admissions.

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Our goal is to inspire and equip you with the tools and vision you need to help navigate the decade ahead while steering humanity toward a world of abundance.
Peter H. Diamandis, MD · Host

Date

Sep 25, 2026

7:00 AM – 10:00 PM PT

Location

Los Angeles, CA

A restored 1920s movie palace

In the room

1,500

Builders & creators

Awarded live

$5M+

Across two XPRIZEs

00 — What to expect

One day,
packed 8am to 10pm.

Networking

Power networking, 1,500 strong

A room of 1,500 hand-selected builders and creators.

$3.5M prize

Future Vision XPRIZE

The culmination of the world's largest film competition, decided live on stage.

$2M prize

Build with Gemini XPRIZE

The culmination of the world's largest hackathon.

On stage

The Moonshots Mates, live

Peter Diamandis, Alex Wissner-Gross, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin & Emad Mostaque open the day with three stories from the frontier.

Masterclass

Astro Teller

Captain of Moonshots at Google X, on how to build your Moonshot.

AMA

Wissner-Gross, Salim & Dave

Alex Wissner-Gross on "Solve Everything," Salim Ismail on the Organizational Singularity — joined by Dave Blundin.

Evening

Party & VIP sessions

Music, food, and connections.

The feeling

An injection of optimism

Leave on fire, ready to change the world.

Host

Peter Diamandis

Assembling the top Moonshot CEOs and builders.

Apply to attend 1,500 seats · Sept 25, Los Angeles

01 — Our 2026 headliners

Leaders
on stage.

Logan Kilpatrick
Product Lead, AI Studio, Google

Mira Lane
VP, Technology & Society, Google

Photos of Mark Pincus and Neal Stephenson via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA.

Backed by

Marc BenioffFounder & CEO, Salesforce.

Seth GreenActor and producer. Co-founder, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.

Balaji SrinivasanInvestor and author. Former CTO, Coinbase.

Dan MartellFounder & investor. Author of Buy Back Your Time.

Richard Merkin, MDFounder & CEO, Heritage Provider Network.

Jed McCalebFounding patron. Founded Stellar & Astro Mechanica.

Ben HorowitzCo-founder, Andreessen Horowitz.

Cathie WoodFounder & CEO, ARK Invest.

Also backed by Tom Sansone, Sidd Pagidipati, Scott Struthers, Alex Yastrebenetsky, Daniel Krizek, Giorgos Tsetis, Jack Hidary, Christian Angermeyer, Trevor Gile, and Alejandro Perez.

02 — The creed

The Moonshots Creed

Optimism is the belief that problems are solvable, paired with the willingness to solve them.

It's a decision, not a feeling. Not hope, not luck, not waiting for things to work out on their own.

Every cure. Every breakthrough. Every movement. Every leap we've ever made came from someone who looked at “impossible” and called it “not yet.” They didn't wait for the future. They built it.

The builders & storytellers fighting to uplift humanity.

The future doesn't happen to us. We are its authors.

03 — Two prizes · One night

A film gets greenlit.
A business gets funded.

Right now more than 25,000 people are competing across the largest sci-fi film competition and the largest hackathon ever run. On September 25th, five finalists from each pitch live to a panel of industry legends.

Future Vision XPRIZE

$3.5M+

In prizes · the winner's film gets made

Five filmmakers pitch a three-minute vision of a future worth living in. The grand prize is a greenlight: the winner's film gets produced with Range Media Partners.

futurevisionxprize.com →

Build with Gemini XPRIZE

$2M

$500K to first place

Five builders pitch real, profitable AI businesses built in 90 days, each taking on a problem that could change thousands of lives. Decided in the room.

geminixprize.com →

25,000+Competing now

$5M+Awarded on stage

10Finalists pitch live

1Film greenlit

04 — Prize breakdown

Where the money goes.

Bar length is prize weight. The top five from each competition pitch live on September 25.

Future Vision XPRIZE $3.1M+

Grand prize$2.6M

Four runners-up · each$100K

Top 10 winners · each$10K

Republic Film crowd-investment

Through our partnership with Republic Film, the SEC-licensed investment platform, we will launch a public investment campaign for the Grand Prize winner to raise an additional $1M+ in production funding.

This gives sci-fi fans everywhere the chance to invest in the winning film and share in its profit potential.

$3.1M+ in direct prizes, plus the Republic Film raise, is what carries the Future Vision pool past the $3.5M+ headline figure.

Build with Gemini XPRIZE $2M

1st place$500K

2nd place$200K

3rd – 5th · each$100K

Runners-up · each$50K

Category · each$50K

$1,750,000 grand pool + $250,000 across five categories. Category bar is the highest-grossing team in each of five categories.

Apply to attend Every seat funds the prize pool

05 — Where it all started

The Moonshots
Podcast.

Before the prizes, before the stage, there was the show. Every week Peter and the Mates track the future of technology with the people building it. On September 25 they take the stage together.

1M+Listeners worldwide

250+Episodes

WeeklyNew drops

Guests have included

Elon MuskRay KurzweilCathie WoodVinod Khosla Palmer LuckeyMustafa SuleymanEric SchmidtDavid Sinclair Mo GawdatMichael SaylorRay DalioBrett Adcock Arianna Huffington

Watch every episode on YouTube →

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06 — About XPRIZE

Over 30 years of
proving moonshots work.

XPRIZE designs and runs large-scale incentive competitions: public challenges with clear, verifiable goals that pull entire industries forward.

SpaceShipOne after winning the $10M Ansari XPRIZE in 2004 — **The proof · Ansari XPRIZE, 2004**A $10M prize created the private spaceflight industry. That's the model: turn an audacious goal into something real.

$300M+Awarded across 30 years

27Competitions launched

1B+Lives impacted

A short history of moonshots

1996Ansari XPRIZE$10M for the first private spaceflight. Sparked the commercial space industry.

2010Progressive Insurance$10M for a 100 MPGe production-capable car. Fueled the EV economy.

2020IBM Watson AI$5M to use AI to address humanity's grand challenges.

2024Carbon Removal$100M, the largest incentive prize in history.

2026Future Vision & Build with Gemini XPRIZE$5M+ to picture a future worth building, and to build it.

Proof 02 · Orteig / 1919 → 1927 · Promise becomes route

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Transmission in transit · 21 characters · carried, not decoded

07 — Los Angeles · Sept 25

Staged in the heart
of cinematic LA.

A full day in a restored 1920s movie palace, then an evening reception nearby. Exact venue shared with confirmed guests.

Daytime programming

7:00 AMRegistrationDoors open · arrivals

9:00 AMWelcome & openingPeter Diamandis

9:05 AMThe Mates take the stageOpening conversation with all five Moonshots Mates

9:45 AMMoonshot Mates interviewsBuilding & designing your Moonshot, featuring Palmer Luckey, Ben Lamm & Astro Teller

11:45 AMBuild with Gemini XPRIZE pitchesHost: Peter Diamandis · five finalists pitch live to the judges: Cathie Wood, Palmer Luckey, Logan Kilpatrick & Mark Pincus

1:00 PMLunchGeneral & VIP lunch, plus a Programmable Money lunch & learn

3:00 PMBig Ideas & the agentic economyCathie Wood and Jeremy Allaire, with Peter Diamandis & Emad Mostaque

4:00 PMFuture Vision XPRIZEHost: Rod Roddenberry · five finalists pitch live to the judges: Mira Lane, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Neal Stephenson

5:20 PMClosing & evening overviewPeter Diamandis, with an invitation to next year's Gathering

Evening

6:00 PMReceptionsVIP reception with Peter, the Mates, finalists & faculty · general reception for all

7:00 PMOpen bar, music & networkingWith the Moonshots Mates & faculty

7:00 PMUnconference · two tracksGoogle X masterclass, Alex Wissner-Gross's "Solve Everything" & Salim Ismail's Organizational Singularity, with Dave Blundin, in one room · ARK Invest's "Big Ideas" report & Anousheh Ansari on designing an XPRIZE in the other

10:00 PMCloseSessions run through 10 PM — catch a track from each

08 — Apply to attend

Your ticket
funds the builders.

Moonshots LIVE is limited to 1,500 participants: 1,000 general admission, 200 VIP, and 300 faculty. The mission is a room of extraordinary people, so every seat directly funds the entrepreneurs and filmmakers competing on stage.

1,000General admission

200VIP

300Faculty

1,500 seats · Sept 25, Los Angeles

General

Moonshots LIVE Pass

$1,495

Per person

Full day of programming through the evening reception
Opening with Peter Diamandis and the Moonshots Mates
Build with Gemini XPRIZE: finalists pitch live, Shark Tank-style
Future Vision XPRIZE: Oscar-style awards ceremony
Evening reception + attendee-led unconference

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VIP

VIP Experience

$5,000

Per person

Everything in the Moonshots LIVE Pass, plus:
Reserved VIP seating in the main theater
VIP lunch with Peter Diamandis, the Moonshots Mates, and featured speakers
Exclusive VIP reception with speakers, finalists, and Moonshots Mates
A private VIP gathering with the Moonshots Mates before Thursday night's screening, September 24
Named donor recognition: your support funds the prizes

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Moonshots LIVE 2026

One day,packed 8am to 10pm.

Leaderson stage.

A film gets greenlit.A business gets funded.

Where the money goes.

The MoonshotsPodcast.

Over 30 years ofproving moonshots work.

Staged in the heartof cinematic LA.

Your ticketfunds the builders.

Don't wait for the future.Help make it.