Episode description

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