Partners
Partners play a hands-on role in our prizes—co-designing competitions, supporting operations, and helping scale solutions with their expertise, resources, and global reach.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) is an emergency response and resource protection department. CAL FIRE protects lives, property and natural resources from fire; responds to emergencies of all types; and protects and preserves timberlands, wildlands, and urban forests. The department’s various programs work together using ongoing assessments of the condition of natural resources, while considering the challenges of an increasing population, to plan protection strategies for California. Department personnel and equipment are a familiar sight throughout the state with responsibility for protecting more than 31 million acres of California’s privately owned wildlands and providing emergency services across the state to local government cooperators through agreements with districts, cities, and counties.
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) works for the success of the more than 12.8 million men and women who make things in America, representing 14,000 member companies—from small businesses to global leaders—in every industrial sector. The NAM’s work is centered around four values that make our industry strong and America exceptional: free enterprise, competitiveness, individual liberty and equal opportunity. These pillars guide what the association does every day, whether it’s standing up for manufacturers in Washington, DC, inspiring the next generation of manufacturing talent, providing news and intelligence about the industry or helping members innovate and advance.
The University of Texas at Austin, founded in 1883, ranks among the 40 best universities in the world. It supports some 51,000 diverse students with top national programs across 18 colleges and schools. And as Texas’ leading research university, UT attracts more than $650 million annually for discovery.
The University of Utah Data Coordinating Center (DCC) is a full-service Academic Research Organization (ARO) that operates a comprehensive Clinical and Data Coordinating Center. Our mission is to accelerate the translation of research to the bedside.
We support investigators and sponsors in Academics, Government, and Industry with end-to-end expertise in research design, management, execution, and analysis. We strive to provide a frictionless customer experience, navigating the complexity of research impacting patient outcomes.
Tim Freccia has graciously provided much of the photography used for the Global Learning XPRIZE website and video content. His work has been featured in VICE Magazine, The New York Times, Business Week, Al Jazeera, BBC, Global Post, Neue Züricher Zeitung, The Age, The National, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, AP, Stern Online, TIME Magazine as well as a variety of other print and broadcast outlets.
Throughout his career he has covered crisis and conflict worldwide often shedding light upon the humanness within turmoil. Tim’s commercial stills and video has also serviced large multinationals organizations and NGOs including Unilever, United Nations, CARE, Human Rights Watch, World Vision and the German umbrella fundraising organization Aktion Deutschland Hilft, in Europe, Asia and Africa.
TOPBOTS is a leading research and strategy firm guiding Fortune 500 clients on Artificial Intelligence innovation. TOPBOTS educates business leaders on high-impact applications of modern machine learning and AI techniques, and helps leading organizations adopt and implement emerging technologies. TOPBOTS provides design, development, and infrastructure solutions for enterprise-scale machine learning systems, with a special focus on natural language processing and chatbots for customer experience automation. For more information visit www.topbots.com.
At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of customers who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as medicine, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, by using our synthetic DNA tools, our customers are developing ways to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet. For more information visit https://www.twistbioscience.com/
Since launching in 2011, Twitch has evolved its reputation as the world’s leading social video service and community for video game culture to now encompass an array of emerging content surfaced by its users. As a result, 15 million visitors gather daily to interact about video games, music, the creative arts, their lives, and more with over 2 million unique creators who broadcast each month. For more information, click here.
Under Armour, Inc., headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is a leading inventor, marketer and distributor of branded athletic performance apparel, footwear and accessories. Powered by one of the world's largest digitally connected fitness and wellness communities, Under Armour's innovative products and experiences are designed to help advance human performance, making all athletes better.
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an agency within the United Nations that is responsible for promoting peace, social justice, human rights and international security through international cooperation on educational, science and cultural programs. For more information, click here.
A recognized leader in connecting people to our natural world, the Vancouver Aquarium is a non-profit society dedicated to the conservation of aquatic life. Since 1956, the Aquarium has addressed conservation issues through innovative conservation, research and education programs.
VitaDAO is a decentralized, community-owned collective dedicated to funding and advancing early-stage longevity science research. Its mission is to support researchers working to preempt the onset of age-related diseases and to bring new therapeutics to market that enable people to live longer, healthier lives.
VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that offers volunteers the chance to work abroad to fight poverty in developing countries.
To bridge digital skill gaps through instructional experiences that respect the unique circumstances and abilities of learners with barriers to employment.
Walmart.org represents the philanthropic efforts of Walmart and the Walmart Foundation. By leaning in where our business has unique strengths, we work to tackle key social issues and collaborate with others to spark long-lasting systemic change. Walmart has stores in 27 countries, employing more than 2 million associates and doing business with thousands of suppliers who, in turn, employ millions of people. Walmart.org is helping people live better by supporting programs that work to accelerate upward job mobility for frontline workers, address hunger and make healthier, more sustainably-grown food a reality, and build strong communities where Walmart operates. To learn more, visit www.walmart.org or find us on Twitter @walmartorg.