Anousheh Ansari joins the podcast to discuss how innovation prizes can incentivize technical innovation in space, AI, quantum computing, and carbon removal. We discuss the pros and cons of such prizes, where they work best, and how far they can scale. Learn more about Anousheh's work here: https://www.xprize.org/home
Timestamps:
00:00 Innovation prizes at XPRIZE
08:25 Deciding which prizes to create
19:00 Creating new markets
29:51 How far can prizes scale?
35:25 When are prizes successful?
46:06 100M dollar carbon removal prize
54:40 Upcoming prizes
59:52 Anousheh's time in space
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