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🗞️ Honoured to see UNDO featured in the Financial Times as part of the growing momentum (and investment) behind enhanced rock weathering. A big thank you to Kenza Bryan for shining a light on this emerging space and the innovators working to scale meaningful climate solutions. We're proud to be named alongside fellow ERW pioneers Terradot, Mati Carbon and Alt Carbon. The road to permanent carbon removal is complex, but the science is clear: speeding up natural processes like weathering offers huge promise for our planet's future 🌱 Read the full story in the FT: https://lnkd.in/dUaKw4Fk #CarbonRemoval #ClimateTech #EnhancedWeathering #UNDO #CarbonMarkets #NetZero #FinancialTimes

How can the world unite around quantum technologies to make bold breakthroughs? 🖥️ XPRIZE #QuantumApplications Technical Lead Kathrin Spendier, Ph.D. recently spoke at The Economist’s Commercializing Quantum 2025 event to discuss more about the 3-year, $5M XPRIZE Quantum Applications competition. Her talk emphasized what the industry urgently needs: algorithms that solve real-world problems. With over 220 teams from 39 countries, and Wild Card entries still open, this global effort is focused on quantum solutions for societal good – from climate to sustainability, health, and beyond. There’s still time to join the competition. Register a team today before the deadline on July 9. https://xprize.org/qc-apps XPRIZE Quantum Applications is made possible thanks to the generous support of title sponsor Google Quantum AI and presenting partner GESDA - Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator. 📸: Economist Impact #EconQuantum

🔁 ICYMI: The U is helping redefine how we age. The University of Utah has joined XPRIZE as a partner of the $101 million Healthspan competition! The goal: Restore health. Reimagine aging. Through the Utah Data Coordinating Center, researchers at the U will support scientific validation that could transform healthcare for future generations. 📖 Read more: https://loom.ly/feTFHV8 #UofUResearch #LongevityScience #HealthyAging #InnovationInAging #XPRIZE #XPRIZEHealthspan #UofU #Research

Over 96.5% of Earth's water is found in the oceans. Robust, sustainable, and affordable seawater desalination could create a reliable and abundant source of water to enable people and the environment to prosper. What’s at risk if we don’t find a new desalination solution? ➡️ Water demand is on the rise as more people consume more water, and accessible and usable water resources are diminishing due to climate change and increased contamination. ➡️ Water scarcity can cause stricter water rationing, sanitation and hygiene issues, environmental damage, and conflict for resources. ➡️ Everyone on the planet is already encountering some form of water stress, which will only be exacerbated as water scarcity increases. #XPRIZEWaterScarcity is helping to revolutionize current seawater desalination technologies that have not advanced in decades. The deadline to register a team for Track B - Desalination: Novel Materials and Methods is on May 31. The winning team in this track will demonstrate a novel material and/or method that can sustainably and cost-effectively treat seawater to potable water quality, using any salt-water separation technique, with an operational lifetime of 10 years or more. Join the movement to help bring clean water to all here. https://xprize.org/water cc: Faisal Abdulla AlMarzooqi, Alicia An, johannes cullmann, Nick Culpitt, Menachem Elimelech, Lisa Henthorne, Nidal Hilal, Eric M.V. Hoek, Ph.D., Shannon McCarthy, Tom Mollenkopf AO, Gim Neo, Kunal Shah, Thomas Altmann, Paul Buijs, Isabel Escobar, Viatcheslav (Slava) Freger, Jantje Johnson, Hoon Hyung, PhD, PE, Maria Kennedy, Tom Pankratz, Kevin Price, Amir Razmjou, Corrado Sommariva, John Tonner, Shane Trussell, Peng Wang, Greg Wetterau 

#ICYMI – here’s a glimpse of the #XPRIZECanada Hub launch at the University of Calgary! 🇨🇦 https://lnkd.in/gBcQMh-E We’re thrilled that the University of Calgary is home to our first-ever international hub and will strengthen Canada’s leadership in global innovation by connecting Canadian innovators to opportunities within the XPRIZE network. XPRIZE CEO Anousheh Ansari said during the Hub launch, “In a world full of global challenges, we believe that the only way to solve those challenges is through collaboration and partnership.” To learn more about the XPRIZE Canada Hub, visit here. https://lnkd.in/ghUJznxD 📸: Laura James cc: Andrew Tauhert, David Babson, Madison Savilow, Carbon Upcycling Technologies, Robert Kaul, Cloud DX, Paul Needham, Arca, William Ghali, Brad Parry

مسابقة XPRIZE لندرة المياه، بدعم من مبادرة محمد بن زايد للماء، تقدم فرصة للمبتكرين لإيجاد حلول جذرية لهذه الأزمة. يدعو (Track B) المبتكرين إلى تطوير طرق مستدامة لتحلية مياه البحر باستخدام أساليب جديدة بتكاليف أقل. يشترط أن تمتد صلاحية الحل الفائز لأكثر من عشر سنوات لضمان تحقيق أثر مستدام وطويل الأمد.  🗓️ آخر موعد للتسجيل: 31 مايو 2025  🔗 شاركوا في الرحلة عبر الرابط أدناه وكونوا جزءًا من مستقبل ابتكار المياه: XPRIZE.ORG/WATER #مبادرة_محمد_بن_زايد_للماء #ندرة_المياه #مسابقة #إكس_برايز The XPRIZE Water Scarcity competition, supported by the Mohammed bin Zayed Water Initiative, invites innovators to tackle the global challenge of water scarcity. Track B invites innovators to develop sustainable, affordable ways to turn seawater into clean drinking water using novel materials and methods. The winning solution must last 10+ years, ensuring long-term impact. 🗓️ Registration closes 31 May 2025 🔗 Join the journey through link below and be part of the future of water innovation: XPRIZE.ORG/WATER #MBZWaterInitiative #WaterScarcity #Competition #xprize

The #XPRIZEWaterScarcity prize operations team hosted a Prize Summit at the European Desalination Society (EDS)’s Conference and gave an overview of Track B - Desalination: Novel Materials and Methods. Some highlights from the event included: 💧The XPRIZE Water Scarcity team gave a rundown of the five-year, $119M global competition and why it’s so important for teams to compete. 💧 Guillem Gilabert-Oriol (R&D Leader at DuPont) led a panel focusing on Track B - Desalination: Novel Materials and Methods featuring panelists Maria Kennedy (Professor of Water Treatment Technology at IHE Delft), Paul Buijs (Founder at 1st:Water), Christos Charisiadis (Founder and Principal Consultant at Brine Consulting), Menachem Elimelech (Sterling Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Rice University) and Hossein D. Atoufi (XPRIZE Water Scarcity Technical Lead). 💧Registered teams gave incredible pitches on the technologies they’re developing for this competition to help bring clean water to all. There’s still time to register your team for XPRIZE Water Scarcity Track B - Desalination: Novel Materials and Methods. Register for this track before the deadline on May 31. https://xprize.org/water cc: David Locke, Elizabeth Guyman Vautour (she/her)

Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute - QEERI was pleased to host Ms. Elizabeth Guyman Vautour (she/her), Team & Partner Lead at XPRIZE Water Scarcity, for an engaging webinar on the global competition aimed at transforming seawater desalination. The webinar started with an introduction about QEERI by Dr. Khaled Mahmoud. Ms. Vautour provided an in-depth overview of the competition criteria, including technical benchmarks, evaluation metrics, and the importance of long-term reliability and environmental impact. She also explained the prize structure, with multiple awards totaling millions of dollars, designed to reward transformative solutions that can help address global water scarcity. Participants also learned how experts, researchers, startups, and institutions can join the challenge, whether by forming or joining teams, becoming partners, or supporting the ecosystem through technical or strategic collaboration. We thank XPRIZE for partnering with QEERI to bring this opportunity to our community and beyond. If you missed the live session? You can watch the full recording here: https://lnkd.in/dd84D5Rb Reminder: The deadline to register for Track B is May 31, 2025. Don’t miss your chance to contribute to a historic global effort to secure clean water for all. For any questions, please contact: [email protected] Hamad Bin Khalifa University #HBKU #XPRIZE #WaterScarcity #Desalination #CleanWater #Innovation #QEERI #QatarFoundation #GlobalCollaboration #SustainableDevelopment #WaterTech #TrackB #ScienceForImpact #ResearchInnovation #STEM #TechForGood

Always great to spend time in-person with the #CDR ecosystem at Carbon Unbound diving into the roadblocks and opportunities ahead. This year it was amazing to be able to bring along #XPRIZECarbonRemoval Grand Prize Winner Shantanu Agarwal, CEO of Mati Carbon for a fireside chat about the journey to reach this significant milestone. Some takeaways: ➡️ Your first idea may not be the one that sticks. Shantanu came into the XPRIZE competition with one company and out the other side with a different one, using a completely different CDR pathway. ➡️ Stay focused on the science. Mati is committed to continuing to advance the science behind of enhanced rock weathering (ERW), and will be putting some of their prize winnings toward advancing R&D for the broader field in collaboration with others. Also nice to run into some of our verification partners who helped bring our testing program for the XPRIZE finals to life! 350Solutions EcoEngineers Boundless Impact Research & Analytics Michael Leitch Roopa Dandamudi Kelsey Miller Tim Hansen David LaGreca Maria Camila Jaramillo Arroyave

221 teams have submitted their interim reports for the XPRIZE #QuantumApplications competition aiming to tackle real-world challenges with quantum computing. Here’s what they’re focusing on: 🖥️ 45% of teams are exploring new applications 🖥️ 36% of teams are developing novel algorithms 🖥️ 19% of teams are working on performance improvements This work represents every UN Sustainable Development Goal, showing just how far-reaching and impactful these projects could be. Do you have a groundbreaking quantum idea? You still have a chance to join this global competition! Wild Card Registration is now OPEN, welcoming new teams to compete for the $5M prize. 🗓️ Register by July 9 here. https://xprize.org/qc-apps XPRIZE Quantum Applications is made possible thanks to the generous support of title sponsor Google Quantum AI and presenting partner GESDA - Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator.