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Anousheh Ansari says carbon removal XPRIZE teams drew about $1.4bn in follow-on investment

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published October 18, 2026 · Peter Diamandis · Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment
Anousheh Ansari says carbon removal XPRIZE teams drew about $1.4bn in follow-on investment
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"ironically the level of success of this prize was to the degree that the teams received u I think $1.4 billion of investment."

XPRIZE CEO Anousheh Ansari says teams involved in the $100m carbon removal XPRIZE went on to receive about $1.4bn in investment. She presents it as an indicator of the prize’s wider impact, noting it helped maintain XPRIZE’s impact ratio despite the larger prize purse.

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Anousheh Ansari · guest
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