I am an engineer, physician, and entrepreneur focused on enabling humanity’s boldest ambitions through exponential technologies. My journey began with degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT, followed by an MD from Harvard Medical School. Rather than practicing traditional medicine, I channeled my energy into creating platforms and organizations that accelerate breakthrough innovations.
I founded the X Prize Foundation to incentivize radical breakthroughs through large-scale global competitions. The original Ansari X Prize catalyzed the private spaceflight industry by awarding ten million dollars for the first privately funded vehicle to reach space twice within two weeks. Since then, I have designed and launched over twenty prizes addressing challenges in ocean exploration, literacy, pandemic response, and carbon removal. These competitions have collectively mobilized billions in research and development investment.
I co-founded Singularity University at NASA Research Park to educate and empower leaders about exponentially advancing technologies. The programs I helped create have reached executives, entrepreneurs, and innovators from more than one hundred countries. I also co-founded BOLD Capital Partners, Human Longevity Inc., Celularity, and Fountain Life, applying exponential thinking to venture investing, genomics, cellular therapeutics, and precision health diagnostics.
My work centers on abundance thinking, the recognition that exponential technologies can solve humanity’s greatest challenges by transforming scarcity into abundance. I have spent decades studying how AI, robotics, synthetic biology, quantum computing, and other converging technologies reshape industries and societies. I share these insights through writing, including bestselling books and regular communications with a global community interested in future trends and breakthrough innovation.
I remain deeply committed to extending healthy human lifespan and enabling space exploration. These twin passions drive my current ventures and investments. I believe humanity’s potential is vastly greater than current systems allow, and I dedicate my efforts to removing barriers that prevent individuals and organizations from pursuing moonshots that benefit billions of people.
