Partners

Helping teams to better understand the problem space, the state-of-the-art on the current challenges and gaps in existing tech. Providing available near-real-time and static data as well as existing strategies and policies when it comes to wildfire management as it relates to communities and Establishing connections with on-the-ground personnel to align their proposals with practical realities out in the field.

XPRIZE is expanding our network of partners to support the teams registering to compete in the XPRIZE Wildfire competition. These teams, formed from around the world, will represent the largest collection of cutting-edge wildfire detection and suppression innovations focused on stopping dangerous wildfires before they grow out of control. XPRIZE partners support competitor success in a variety of ways including providing in-kind, discounted services, hardware or software, as well as advisory and organizational support to help our teams chances of success.

XPRIZE Wildfire teams are looking for support in the following areas:

Host site locations for solution demonstrations
Data sets to contribute to detection solution developments
Data storage and cloud compute credits
In-kind software licenses for competing teams
Business mentorship and acceleration
Engineering consultation and project management
Prototyping, procurement, and manufacturing support
Equipment, hardware and software
Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV)
Lifecycle and technoeconomic analysis
Funding and investment
Legal and insurance services
Permitting and regulatory guidance
Marketing and communications
Help teams to better understand the problem space, the state-of-the-art on the current challenges and gaps in existing tech
Provide available near-real-time and static data as well as existing strategies and policies when it comes to wildfire management as it relates to communities
Establish connections with on-the-ground personnel to align their proposals with practical realities out in the field