Sept 25, 2026 · 8 AM PT · Free on YouTube

$5M gets awarded on stage. Watch it from anywhere.

Moonshots LIVE is one day in downtown Los Angeles where ten finalists pitch for more than $5M: $3.5M for the films that show a future worth building, $2M for the builders making one real. Hosted by Peter Diamandis and the Moonshots Mates. The main stage is streaming free on YouTube — watch it live now.

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Date

Sep 25, 2026

8 AM – 9 PM PT

Price

Free

Streaming on YouTube

Where

Anywhere

Watch live on YouTube

01 — Watch live

We’re live.
Watch it now.

The main stage is streaming free on YouTube. Press play — no ticket, no cost, no cap on who can watch.

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Streaming nowThe main stage is live on YouTube — press play and you’re in.
The whole main stageThe Moonshots Mates, both XPRIZE finals, and every award as it is called.
Free, from anywhereIt streams on YouTube. No ticket, no cost, no cap.

1,500 builders and creators are in the room in Los Angeles today. Tickets are sold out — the main stage streams free right here.

02 — Our 2026 headliners

Leaders
on stage.

Everyone below is on the stream. The Moonshots Mates open the day, and the judges who decide both XPRIZEs are in the room for the finals.

Logan Kilpatrick
Product Lead, AI Studio, Google

Mira Lane
VP, Technology & Society, Google

Nikhil Chandhok
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Circle

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

03 — What gets decided

A film gets greenlit.
A business gets funded.

More than 30,000 people entered the largest sci-fi film competition and the largest hackathon ever run. Five finalists from each pitch live on September 25, and the judges decide in the room.

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 → Meet the Top 65 →

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 → Meet the Top 100 →

30,000+Competing now

$5M+Awarded on stage

10Finalists pitch live

1Film greenlit

04 — On the stream

The main stage,
start to finish.

All times Pacific. The stream opens at 8 AM and follows the main stage through the close. The evening reception and the unconference tracks are in-room only.

Friday · September 25 · Main stage

9:00 AMWelcome & openingPeter Diamandis

9:05 AMThe Mates take the stagePeter Diamandis, Alex Wissner-Gross, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin & Emad Mostaque

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

11:45 AMBuild with Gemini XPRIZE finalsFive finalists pitch live to the judges: Palmer Luckey, Cathie Wood, Logan Kilpatrick & Mark Pincus

3:00 PMBig Ideas & the agentic economyPeter Diamandis, Cathie Wood, Nikhil Chandhok & Emad Mostaque

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

5:20 PMClosingPeter Diamandis, with an invitation to next year's Gathering

Running order can shift on the day.

$5M gets awarded on stage. Watch it from anywhere.

We’re live.Watch it now.

Leaderson stage.

A film gets greenlit.A business gets funded.

The main stage,start to finish.

Hello from the future.Thank you for not giving up.

We’re live.
Watch it now.

Leaders
on stage.

A film gets greenlit.
A business gets funded.

The main stage,
start to finish.

Hello from the future.
Thank you for not giving up.