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That was Year 1.

William Shatner, Palmer Luckey, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Cathie Wood and the Moonshots Mates, on one stage, in one day. Year 2 is 2½ days. Early November 2027, Southern California.

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William Shatner Palmer Luckey Neil deGrasse Tyson Cathie Wood Astro Teller Ben Lamm Peter Diamandis Salim Ismail Dave Blundin Alex Wissner-Gross See the full Year 1 lineup →
The Year 1 lineup

Who was on stage.

“In one word: Shatner. (in a few more words: Palmer, Astro, and Ben)”

2026 attendee
William Shatner as Captain Kirk
William Shatner
Captain Kirk, at the world premiere of The Sixty-Year Mission
Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey
Founder, Anduril · Build with Gemini XPRIZE judge
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Chief Judge · hosted the livestream
Cathie Wood
Cathie Wood
Founder, ARK Invest · Build with Gemini XPRIZE judge
Astro Teller
Astro Teller
Runs X, Google's moonshot factory
Ben Lamm
Ben Lamm
Founder, Colossal Biosciences
Your hosts
Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis
Host · XPRIZE founder
Salim Ismail
Salim Ismail
Moonshots Mate
Dave Blundin
Dave Blundin
Moonshots Mate
Alex Wissner-Gross
Alex Wissner-Gross
Moonshots Mate
Also on stage and on the judging panels
Anousheh Ansari
Anousheh Ansari
CEO, XPRIZE
Emad Mostaque
Emad Mostaque
Agentic economy panel
Logan Kilpatrick
Logan Kilpatrick
Google · Gemini XPRIZE judge
Mark Pincus
Mark Pincus
Founder, Zynga · Gemini XPRIZE judge
Neal Stephenson
Neal Stephenson
Future Vision XPRIZE judge
Mira Lane
Mira Lane
Google · Future Vision XPRIZE judge
Rod Roddenberry
Rod Roddenberry
Future Vision XPRIZE judge

The Year 2 lineup is being booked now. We'll email the waitlist as names are confirmed.

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What people said afterwards

“I was in a room of builders and dreamers and it felt like home.”

2026 attendee

“I've watched many, many Moonshots episodes, and being there in person confirmed what I already felt in my heart: we are of one mind and heading in the same direction.”

2026 attendee

“I love the people, and being surrounded by other optimists. It's not exactly the majority opinion these days.”

2026 attendee

“It's a must-attend even if you don't change anything. The quality of the panelists, the pod mates and the attendees will continue to be amazing.”

2026 attendee

“The amazing sincerity of the Mates, how much energy they expended to convey great information, straight talk, and their genuine affection for the attendees.”

2026 attendee

“Palmer Luckey was the reality check.”

2026 attendee

“Everyone I talked to had an amazing story and was working on an incredible project.”

2026 attendee

“…personal engagement and interaction the mates had with the guests. This is unique, and you don’t see this in other events.”

2026 attendee

“I am glad I went. No regrets. It was expensive for me but I think an investment. I found a group of like minded people and the kind that I want to be with more frequently.”

2026 attendee

“William Shatner talk. I really appreciated that the Moonshots guys made themselves available to talk with us. Incredible.”

2026 attendee

“…left there optimistic about the future and maybe a little less worried.”

2026 attendee

“Peter has an incredible gift to bring people together.”

2026 attendee

“There was a unique sense of openness, optimism and possibility throughout the event.”

2026 attendee
And on X

“Optimists believe problems are solvable, then go solve them.”

Tony Robbins

“I love engaging with brilliant entrepreneurs who are building and transforming the future.”

Cathie Wood

“This community is what made this event special.”

Peter Diamandis
Year 1, by the numbers
$5M+
awarded live, on stage
29.1M
views across both XPRIZEs and the event
30,000+
filmmakers and entrepreneurs entered the two prizes
396K
views of the 4 podcast episodes recorded on stage, in week one

One day in the room.

Sept 24–25, 2026 · The United Theater and the Belasco, Los Angeles
The Moonshots LIVE marquee on Broadway
Thursday night

The world premiere of The Sixty-Year Mission, with William Shatner on stage.

Peter Diamandis on stage under the words Welcome to Year 1
Friday morning

“Welcome to Year 1.” Peter opens the day.

Guests and the Mates on stage
Friday

The Moonshots podcast, recorded live, and the guests in conversation with the Mates.

A Build with Gemini XPRIZE team holding a giant check
Friday afternoon

Ten finalists. Two XPRIZEs. Decided live, on stage.

The Future Vision XPRIZE trophy on the big screen
Friday night

The Gifted wins the Future Vision XPRIZE: $2.5M and a greenlight.

The Moonshots Mates
Friday, late

Small rooms with the Mates, and questions straight from the audience.

The audience on its feet, applauding

That was one day.

Year 2 is 2½.

The thing people told us most afterwards: one day wasn't enough. So we're giving it more.

The 2026 winners

The story didn't end on stage.

“…the FutureVision XPRIZE session was the most dramatic part of the programming. Very high caliber.” — 2026 attendee

The Gifted trailer stillGrand prize
Future Vision XPRIZE
The Gifted
by Jeff Synthesized

$2.5M and a greenlight: the film is being produced with Range Media Partners. It also won the SPECS Audience Choice Award, and it's the first XPRIZE winner the public can invest in.

Polyfork demo stillFirst place
Build with Gemini XPRIZE
Polyfork
by Lucas Martinic

$500K for first place. 3D assets you can recolor, resize and remix, with every model built as a little program.

Watch Year 1 back

The next best thing to being there.

Moonshots LIVE 2027

Year 2: what we know so far.

2½ days

You told us one day wasn't enough.

Early Nov

2027. Exact dates to come.

SoCal

Southern California. Venue to come.

The lineup

Being booked now. New prizes announced soon.

Who's in the room

Award-winning filmmakers and directors. Creators with millions of followers, including Time100 honorees. Founders of public companies. NASA and SpaceX alumni. Novelists whose books engineers quote as design documents. A Forbes Top 50 Women in AI honoree. Investors writing checks into AI this quarter. The people who built the AI tools you used this week.

Be in the room for Year 2.

2½ days with Peter Diamandis and the Moonshots Mates. Early November 2027, Southern California. We'll email you as the lineup, dates and venue lock.

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