XPRIZE Moonshots LIVE to Award Over $5 Million in Los Angeles

XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis announced Moonshots LIVE, taking place September 25, 2026 in downtown Los Angeles, with the main stage streamed free on YouTube starting 8 AM PT and roughly 1,500 builders and creators attending. Over $5 million in prizes will be awarded live, pairing science-fiction storytelling with hands-on building.

Confirmed

• Prize split: $3.5 million goes to films depicting "a future worth building," including a $2.5 million grand-prize production fund; another $2 million rewards teams actually building that future. Per Diamandis's September 24 post, the $2M track features five finalist teams pitching live, with 25 winners decided on the day; earlier posts described the event overall as ten finalist teams competing for over $5 million.
• Diamandis also launched the Future Vision XPRIZE on the premise that science fiction can be a self-fulfilling prophecy: five filmmakers will each present a vision, with one receiving $2.5 million to bring it to the screen.
• A Star Trek–related documentary premieres the night before.
• Speakers include Palmer Luckey and Cathie Wood.

Why it matters

• This is XPRIZE's attempt to use large prizes to incentivize both imagining and building the future, with free livestreaming broadening public access to a single stage where sci-fi filmmaking and real-world projects compete.

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