Moonshots Live Awards $5M+: Gemini and Future Vision XPRIZE Winners Crowned in LA
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-09-26
Peter Diamandis's Moonshots Live event in downtown Los Angeles awarded over $5M on stage:
- Future Vision XPRIZE: Five finalists pitched three-minute trailers, judged by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neal Stephenson, Mira Lane and John Zissimos. The winner takes $2.6M in production funding to make their film with Range Media Partners, plus a Republic public investment campaign raising $1M+ from fans.
- Build with Gemini XPRIZE: Five finalists demoed live before judges including Palmer Luckey, Cathie Wood, Logan Kilpatrick and Mark Pincus; first place won $500K.
The night before featured the world premiere of The Sixty-Year Mission, a Star Trek 60th anniversary documentary.
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