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Xprize founder Peter Diamandis launches new contest to manifest a new ‘Star Trek’
Publisher description: The famed author and investor has launched the Future Vision Xprize with sponsors like Google, Marc Benioff, and Ben Horowitz to fund optimistic sci-fi films.
TechCrunch | Mar 9, 2026 | Julie Bort
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In fact, famed Xprize founder, author, tech investor, motivational speaker, and longevity guru Peter Diamandis has just launched a new $3. 5 million Future Vision Xprize to encourage more such optimistic sci-fi worlds to come to our screens. He credits his whole fabulous career to watching “Star Trek” as a child growing up. “’Star Trek’ offered a hopeful vision of the future, right? They all agreed to sponsor the new Future Vision Xprize.
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