PRIZE FUNDED
BY VISIONARIES

PRIZE FUNDED
BY VISIONARIES

PRIZE FUNDED
BY VISIONARIES

Ben Horowitz

BenHorowitzisaco-founderofAndreessenHorowitz(a16z),oneofSiliconValley'smoststoriedventurecapitalfirms,andauthorofTheHardThingAboutHardThings,adefiningtextonentrepreneurshipandleadership.Throughouthiscareer—asafounder,operator,andinvestor—Benhaschampionedthebuildersanddreamerswhotakeonchallengesothersdeemimpossible.Hehasalsobeenapassionateadvocateforculture,arts,andthestoriesthatshapehowcommunitiesseethemselvesandtheirfutures.

YuriMilnerisaphysicist-turned-entrepreneurandoneoftheworld'smostinfluentialtechnologyinvestors,whoseearlybetsonFacebook,Twitter,anddozensofothertransformativecompaniesreshapedtheglobalinnovationlandscape.ThroughBreakthroughInitiatives,hehascommittedhundredsofmillionsofdollarstoexploringthecosmos,searchingforextraterrestrialintelligence,andadvancinghumanity'sunderstandingofitsplaceintheuniverse.Yurihaslongbelievedthatscienceandstorytellingaretwinenginesofhumanprogress.

Philanthropic gift, made through the XPRIZE Foundation

$100K

"Great companies start with a vision of a future that doesn't exist yet. The same is true for great civilizations. We need the stories that light the way."