What Anousheh Ansari has said about XPRIZE Foundation
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 17, 2026
Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE, Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur, first woman to fly to space on a privately funded trip, has been quoted on XPRIZE Foundation 2 times in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 17, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ansari states XPRIZE competitors are motivated by love and curiosity rather than greed.
“At X Prize, almost every prize we have, the motives are love and curiosity”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303 (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 41:37
Ansari reports XPRIZE generates about 62 times its prize purses in economic value.
“So that measures right now 62 times of the price per actually is created in economic value”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303 (Oct 17, 2026) · Listen from 44:09
Episodes
Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment | #303Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 17, 2026 · 1 h 46 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Emad Mostaque and XPRIZE CEO Anousheh Ansari discuss Tesla's flying Roadster, plunging robot AI costs, incentive prizes, AI alignment and human purpose.
Others on XPRIZE Foundation
- Peter Diamandis · 1 quote
Anousheh Ansari on other topics
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- AI alignment · 1 quote
- AI in theoretical physics · 1 quote
- Humanoid robots · 1 quote