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===== The XPRIZE Foundation organizes major incentive prizes across global grand challenges designed to spur breakthroughs in areas like clean water, healthspan, carbon removal, wildfire management, and more. xprize.org<ref>{{cite web|title=xprize.org|url=https://www.xprize.org/challenges|publisher=xprize.org|access-date=2025-12-20}}</ref> =====

Examples include:
* XPRIZE Water Scarcity – a ~$119 million competition to scale affordable, sustainable desalination to expand access to clean water globally. xprize.org<ref>{{cite web|title=xprize.org|url=https://www.xprize.org/prizes/water/guidelines|publisher=xprize.org|access-date=2025-12-20}}</ref>
* XPRIZE Healthspan – a ~$101 million prize to accelerate therapies that can extend healthy human aging. platohealth.ai<ref>{{cite web|title=platohealth.ai|url=https://platohealth.ai/the-x-prize-is-taking-aim-at-aging-with-a-new-101-million-award/|publisher=platohealth.ai|access-date=2025-12-20}}</ref>
* Many other past prizes (e.g., literacy, pandemic response, water from air) have targeted specific technology problems but not a universal livelihood income. xprize.org<ref>{{cite web|title=xprize.org|url=https://www.xprize.org/past-challenges|publisher=xprize.org|access-date=2025-12-20}}</ref>