XPRIZE launches competition to detect and extinguish wildfires within 10 minutes
Peter Diamandis · The Rise of the Exponential Organization with Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismail · May 25, 2023 · at 1:04:18
Peter Diamandis, founder and executive chairman of XPRIZE, discusses current XPRIZE grand challenges aimed at solving global problems.
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“We just launched an XPRIZE for wildfires. You can monitor a thousand square kilometers, detect a wildfire, add ignition, and put it out 10 minutes automatically.”
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