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Sept 25, 2026 · Los Angeles · The Oscars for Optimists

The biggest celebration of optimists in the universe.

Learn from founders pushing the boundaries of reality and science fiction, and watch finalists pitch live for over $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.

Date
Sep 25, 2026
8 AM – 10 PM PT
In the room
1,500
Builders & creators
Location
Los Angeles
California
Mar 9
Future Vision XPRIZE launch
May 19
Gemini XPRIZE launch
Aug 15
Prize submission deadline
Sep 10
Finalists announced
Sep 25
Moonshots LIVE
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Google XPRIZE Range Media Partners ARK Invest Salesforce Xsolla
00 — 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.
01 — Peter & the Moonshots Mates
Peter Diamandis
Hosted by Peter Diamandis

Hosted by
Peter Diamandis.

Founder of XPRIZE and Singularity University, Peter has spent three decades turning audacious goals into reality, from private spaceflight to the largest incentive prizes in history. On September 25 he hosts the night that awards the next ones.

Every week on the Moonshots Podcast, he and the Mates track where technology is going with the people building it. On September 25 they take the stage together.

Alex Wissner-Gross
Alex Wissner-Gross
Scientist · Investor
Dave Blundin
Dave Blundin
Founder · Link Ventures
Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Founder · OpenExO
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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In the press
02 — Who's behind it

Who's
behind it.

Created by Peter Diamandis with the XPRIZE Foundation and Range Media Partners, and backed by the founders, investors, and storytellers shaping what comes next.

Peter DiamandisFounder. Also founded XPRIZE and Singularity University.
Anousheh AnsariCEO, XPRIZE Foundation. First female private astronaut.
Ben HorowitzCo-founder, Andreessen Horowitz.
Marc BenioffFounder & CEO, Salesforce.
Cathie WoodFounder & CEO, ARK Invest.
Jed McCalebFounding patron. Founded Stellar & Astro Mechanica.
Rod RoddenberryJudging panel. Star Trek legacy.
Palmer LuckeyFounder, Anduril & Oculus.
Astro TellerCaptain of Moonshots, Google X.
Seth GreenActor and producer. Co-founder, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.
Balaji SrinivasanInvestor and author. Former CTO, Coinbase.
Roddenberry FoundationThe Roddenberry family foundation. Star Trek legacy.

More AI and exponential-tech CEOs announced over the coming month.

03 — Two prizes · One night

A film gets greenlit.
A business gets funded.

Storytellers imagine the destination. Builders create the path.

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.

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 — 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, 2004A $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
06 — 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
8:00 AMRegistrationDoors open · arrivals
9:00 AMWelcome & openingPeter Diamandis
9:30 AMBuild with Gemini XPRIZE pitchesHost: Peter Diamandis · five finalists pitch live to the judges
11:30 AMAlex Wissner-Gross · "Solve Everything"Moonshots training · one hour, plus a one-on-one AMA
1:30 PMSalim Ismail · "Organizational Singularity"Moonshots training · one hour
2:30 PMDave Blundin · "Investing in AI"Moonshots training session
3:30 PMCathie Wood · 2026 "Big Ideas" reportWith invited CEOs
5:00 PMFuture Vision XPRIZEHost: Rod Roddenberry · five winning trailers revealed + judging
6:30 PMClosing & evening overviewPeter Diamandis
Evening
7:00 PMReceptionsVIP reception with Peter, the Mates, finalists & faculty · general reception for all
8:00 PMOpen bar, music & networkingWith the Moonshots Mates & faculty
8:00 PMUnconference · four rooms rotateAnousheh Ansari on designing XPRIZEs · Astro Teller on building a Moonshot startup · Investing in Exponentials · AI + Film
10:00 PMCloseThe four sessions repeat across the evening so every attendee can catch three of the four rooms
07 — Apply to attend

Your ticket
funds the builders.

Every seat directly funds the entrepreneurs and filmmakers competing on stage. Real money, behind people solving real problems.

Next approval window is July 31st
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
Apply to attend
VIP
VIP Experience
$5,000
Per person
  • Everything in the Moonshots LIVE Pass, plus:
  • Reserved premium seating in the main theater
  • VIP lunch with Peter Diamandis and featured speakers
  • Exclusive VIP reception with speakers, finalists, and Moonshots Mates
  • The Builders' Dinner: night-before reception (Sept 24)
  • Named donor recognition: your support funds the prizes
Apply for VIP

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

Sep 25, 2026 · 8 AM – 10 PM · Los Angeles, California